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ORIGINAL

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VANCE AIR FORCE BASE

Vance Air Force Base , located on the south side of Enid , trains one third of the US Air Force pilots annually . To accomplish its mission , Vance uses three different trainers , the T-6 Texan II , the needle-nosed T-38C Talon or the T-1A Jayhawk . While the FAA has approved a 500 ft . ceiling for flights in sparsely congested areas , aircraft from Vance AFB maintain a minimum altitude of 1,000 ft . while flying over the City of Enid . With over 56,000 sorties flown in FY2010 , Vance AFB is one of the busiest airports in the US .

There are more than 2,600 military and civilian personnel working at Vance . PAE is the contractor handling aircraft maintenance at the base , along with a variety of other jobs , including civil engineering and base support functions . The base also has other contractors , such as PRI / DelJen ( Project Resources , Inc . & DelJen Inc .), Lear-Siegler Services , Inc ., and Boeing Aerospace Operations , Inc .

HISTORIC DISTRICTS

Two residential neighborhoods within the City of Enid are designated as historic preservation districts : Kenwood Historic District and Waverley Historic District . Both districts are replete with the popular housing styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries . The styles represent design trends that span the initial period of settlement , to Enid ’ s early prominence as an agricultural and commercial center at the turn of the century , to the heady days of the oil boom in the 1910s & 1930s , and the Great Depression of the 1930s . A walking-tour brochure of both districts is available through the City of Enid Planning Office . Both districts have active neighborhood associations and neighborhood watch programs . For more information about these districts , contact :