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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 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.
Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex [7] Vance Air Force Base – Enid – KEND; 71st Flying Training Wing [6] Oklahoma Air National Guard; 125th Weather Flight – Tinker AFB; 137th Special Operation Wing – Will Rogers ANGB [8] 138th Fighter Wing – Tulsa ANGB; 146th Air Support Operations Squadron – Will Rogers ANGB [8]
Currently, Kegelman AFAF is a sub-base of Vance Air Force Base under the control of the 71st Flying Training Wing (71 FTW). 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]
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.
99th Medical Group, Nellis Air Force Base; 55th Medical Group, Offutt Air Force Base; 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base; 21st Medical Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base; 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base; 10th Medical Group, USAF Academy; 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base; 509th Medical Group, Whiteman Air Force Base
Vance Air Force Base: Engagements: Southwest Pacific Theater: Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: Commanders; Current commander: LtCol Deirdre Gurry [1] Insignia; 8th Flying Training Squadron emblem [note 1] [2] [note 2]
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 4 October 1949; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 18 August 1955; Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 February 1960 – 1 July 1988; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 16 February 1990 – 15 December 1991; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 April 1997 – present [1]