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 .
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