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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 .
A USAF LTV A-7D Corsair II, 69-6240, of the 355th TFW, [95] on a flight from Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, crashes on approach to its home station, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, coming down on Highland Avenue between a University of Arizona athletic practice field and Mansfield Junior High School in Tucson. Two University of Arizona students, Leticia ...
A U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, 52-968, of the 28th Air Transport Squadron, [180] en route from Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo, Japan, to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii with nine on board and 11 tons of cargo, disappears over the Pacific Ocean after making a fuel stop at Wake Island. Due at Hickam at 0539 hrs.
Vance Air Force Base: Engagements: Southwest Pacific Theater [1] Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation [1] Insignia; 25 Flying Training Sq emblem (modified and reinstated 31 March 1995) [1] 25th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 2 January 1973) [2]
Prior to the collision, both aircraft were in transition, according to officials with the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation. American Eagle Flight 5342 was ...
The 32d Flying Training Squadron was last part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operated Beechcraft T-1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training. It was inactivated on 14 September 2012.
People run away as the second tower of World Trade Center crumbles down after a plane hit the building September 11, 2001, in New York City.
Remains from all 67 victims of the midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent an American Airlines regional plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River have been ...