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ORIGINAL

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE

Vance Air Force Base , located on the south side of Enid , trains MORE THAN 370 Air Force and allied student pilots each year . As the fourth busiest airfield in the Air Force , Vance operates approximately 200 T-1 Jayhawk , T-6 Texan II , and T-38 Talon aircraft flying over 50,000 sorties and 74,000 hours every year . 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 .

Vance has about 1,400 active duty and Reserve military as well as more than 1,500 family members , living in the local area . The base also employs more than 1,400 Federal civilian employees , non-appropriated fund civilian employees , contractors , and private business employees .

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 :