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(Painting by Nixon Galloway) This scene depicts Captain Kegelman’s aircraft during the first combat mission of the 8th Army Air Force on July 4, 1942.


Vance auxiliary field named after 1940s AAF bomber pilot

(Painting by Nixon Galloway) This scene depicts Captain Kegelman’s aircraft during the first combat mission of the 8th Army Air Force on July 4, 1942.

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Members from the aircraft maintenance section, place a T-38 Talon at the base airpark near the main gate entrance Nov. 1 to be displayed as a static at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
Members of the aircraft maintenance section, help move a T-38 Talon Nov. 1 out of the Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma west gate and transport it to the main gate to be displayed as a static. The T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to the base airpark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
Andy Swanner and Marty Quinn, members of the aircraft maintenance section, help move a T-38 Talon Nov. 1 out of the Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma west gate and transport it to the main gate to be displayed as a static. The T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to the base airpark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
Members from the aircraft maintenance section, place a T-38 Talon at the base airpark near the main gate entrance Nov. 1 to be displayed as a static at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Darren Bomer, a contractor with the FlightSafety Simulator Systems Division out of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, guides the new visual system for a T-6A Texan II flight simulator at the 71st Operations Group here Sept. 22. The new system called Virtual Image Takeoff and Landing XI could be flown by students in simulators as early as Oct. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)
A B-29 Superfortress known as “Fifi” performs a flyover at Vance Sept. 22. The plane landed at Woodring Regional Airport, Enid, Oklahoma, after the flyover. Student pilots, other members of Team Vance and Enid locals got to walk through the aircraft which is the only operational B-29 in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Terry Wasson)
Student pilots from Vance inspect the B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” at Woodring Regional Airport, Enid, Oklahoma, Sept 22. Fifi is the only operational B-29 in the world and is used to educate people about the history of the B-29s as it flies around the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
The B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” is prepared by her crew to receive visitors at Woodring Regional Airport, Enid, Oklahoma, Sept. 22. Fifi is the only flying B-29 in the world and is used to educate people about the history of the B-29s as it flies around the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
Members of the Enid community watch a B-29 Superfortress taxi at Woodring Regional Airport, Enid, Oklahoma, Sept. 22. The B-29 known as “Fifi” is the only operational B-29 in the world and is used to educate people about the history of the B-29s as it flies around the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Wildo Rosario, the Life Support Flight production supervisor, explains the contents of an emergency kit on the ejection seat of a T-6 Texan II to New Zealand Air Force representatives June 16 at the Life Support shop here. The New Zealanders visited Vance to gain a greater understanding of the T-6 Texan II which they purchased earlier this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Mark Habermeyer)
Ice storms, like a past one that covered aircraft in the open at Vance Air Force Base, are one of many forms severe weather can take in Oklahoma. September is National Preparedness Month. (Courtesy photo)
Doss Initial Flight Screening at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colo., uses the Diamond DA20-C1 aircraft to give Air Force lieutenants a taste of flying before they start Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance AFB. (Photo courtesy Doss Aviation IFS).