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Vance Air Force Base (IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr .
The airfield was previously administered by Will Rogers Field, Clovis Army Air Field, Woodward Army Air Field, and Liberal Army Airfield prior to the U.S. Air Force becoming an independent service in 1947. [4] Vance AFB student pilots and instructor pilots use the airfield to practice landings in T-6A Texan II aircraft, and refer to the field ...
From left: A T-38 Talon, T-6A Texan II, and a T-1 Jayhawk are posed in front of the base control tower on the Vance flightline. T-1 Jayhawk, 3d FTS T-38 Talons, 25th FTS T-6A Texan II, 8th FTS The 71st Operations Group (71 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 71st Flying Training Wing .
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Location of Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Date: 11 September 2008: Source: Created by me in QGIS, tweaked in Inkscape. Author: Scott Nazelrod: SVG development .
The 33rd Flying Training Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron based at Vance Air Force Base near Enid, Oklahoma.It is a part of the 71st Flying Training Wing.. The squadron was established as a medium bomber unit on Bolos, Marauders, and later B-25 Mitchells.
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, 16 Mar 1944; Operated from Biak after c. 11 Aug 1944. Mokmer Airfield, Biak, 10 Sep – 20 Oct 1944; Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 4 Nov 1944; Air Echelon assigned to Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 19 May – 12 Aug 1945. Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 21 Jul 1945; Chōfu Airfield, Japan, 28 Sep 1945
The 3rd moved to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma later in April 2007 and was redesignated the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron to provide Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals training to fighter graduate students. The 3rd lost its IFF mission when the Air Force concentrated the training at three other bases in September 2011.