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LOCATION: Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma - 5 miles south of Enid, approximately 94 miles northwest of Oklahoma city. Elevation: 1,307 above sea level. MAJOR COMMAND: Air Education and Training Command PRIMARY WEAPON SYSTEMS: T-1/T-6/T-38 TELEPHONE ACCESS: Area code-580; Com- 580-213-XXXX; DSN- 448-XXXX; Base operator - 580-213-5000. The mission of the 71st Flying Training Wing is to produce military pilots, build Air Force leaders and meet taskings in support of national defense objectives. Vance is the U.S. Air Force’s only Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training base training more than 400 Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied student pilots for worldwide deployment and AEF support in the T-1, T-6 and T-38 aircraft. The expansion of the training mission at Vance to include the IFF squadron is a result of base realignment actions.The 3rd Flying Training Squadron, a T-6 unit from Moody AFB in Valdosta, Ga., was deactivated and resurrected as the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron at Vance. The new unit will use the AT- 38C to introduce pilots to air-to-air employment, air-to-surface attack and low-altitude navigation. The aircraft came from Moody with the first arriving at Vance in May 07. Base Locator 580-213-7791 after hours: 580-213-7358 Base Operator: 580-213-5000 Barber & Beauty Shop 580-234-8939 Bowling Center 580-213-7331 BX Main Store & Shopette 580-237-6765 Child Care Center 580-213-7310 Command Post: 580-213-7384 Commissary 580-213-7897 Family Advocacy 580-213-7419 Housing Referral 580-213-7438 Laundry & Dry Cleaning 580-233-6347 Legal Assistance 580-213-7404 Library 580-213-7368 Lodging 580-213-7358 Public Affairs: 580-213-7476 Relocation help, Family Readiness Center 580-213-7120 Security Police Desk Sergeant 580-213-7415 Service Station 580-237-7445 USAFClinic Central Appt Desk 580-213-7416 Vance Club & Enlisted Lounge: 580-237-2326 Youth Center 580-213-7474 71st Flying Training Wing, 580-213-7101 25th Flying Training Squadron, 580-213-7994 32nd Flying Training Squadron, 580-213-6483 33rd Flying Training Squadron, 580-213-6641 8th Flying Training Squadron, 580-213-6102 5th Flying Training Squadron, 580-213-6091 3rd Flying Training Squadron, 580- 71st Communications Squadron, 580-213-7756 71st Comptroller Squadron, 580-213-7190 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron, 580-213-7510 71st Medical Group, 580-213-7494 71st Medical Operations Squadron, 580-213-7907 71st Medical Support Squadron, 580-213-7923 71st Mission Support Group, 580-213-7519 71st Mission Support Squadron, 580-213-7245 71st Operations Group, 580-213-7465 71st Operations Support Squadron, 580-213-7213 71st Security Forces Squadron, 580-213-7155 In 1941, for the sum of $1 a year, this land was leased from the city of Enid to the federal government as a site for a pilot training field, and on November 21 the base was officially activated. The installation was without a name but was generally referred to as Air Corps Basic Flying School. It was not until 1942, that the base was officially named Enid Army Flying School. The mission of the school was to train aviation cadets to become aircraft pilots and commissioned officers in the United States Army Air Corps. During World War II, the basic phase of training graduated 8,169 students, while the advanced phase of training graduated 826. As the demand for pilots decreased after the war, the Enid Army Flying Field (as it was named in 1943) closed in 1947. The base was reactivated, and its name changed to Enid Air Force Base in 1948, as one of the pilot training bases within Air Training Command. Its mission was to provide training for advanced students in multi-engine aircraft. In keeping with the Air Force tradition of naming bases for deceased Air Force flyers, on July 9, 1949, the base was renamed after a local World War II hero and Medal of Honor winner, Lt Col Leon Robert Vance, Jr. The first aircraft flown at Vance was the BT-13A, followed shortly by the BT-15. In 1944 advanced students flew the TB-25 and TB-26. Following the establishment of U.S. Air Force as a separate service in September 1947, Vance began training in the AT-6 and eventually the T-33. The T-37 Tweet flew at Vance beginning in 1961, and the T-38 Talon in 1963. In 1995 Air Force officials announced that Vance would transition to the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training curriculum. Under SUPT, Vance students begin their training in the T-37, followed by the T-1 Jayhawk, T-38, or other trainer aircraft at separate military flight training bases. With the introduction of the Joint Primary Pilot Training syllabus to Vance in 2005, the 71st FTW began transitioning from the T-37 to the newer T-6 Texan II. Joint training with the United States Navy began at Vance in 1996. For current events see the base Newspaper: The Scoop The traffic flow pattern to Vance AFB changed Aug. 16, 07 when drivers coming to Vance from Van BurenStreet entered the base road/Main Gate via Southgate and Gott Roads (below) . Drivers coming from Cleveland St. will be able to access the base via the Industrial/West Gate during duty hours. After duty hours, Industrial/West Gate and the perimeter fence access gate on Cleveland will be closed, requiring all vehicle traffic to access the base via Southgate. Drivers should be prepared for traffic delays during this transition period and should plan according
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