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Vance is one of the Air Force bases that will gain some of the pilot training courses being shifted out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. The specific courses are Primary Phase Fixed-wing Pilot Training; Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Training for Pilots; and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Training for Weapons System Officers. The Air Force said the changes would enhance joint training, reduce redundancy and eliminate excess capacity.
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Resolute and highly principled, Vance shielded the citizens of his state in the possession of their basic rights. He was the only governor in any state, North or South, to uphold vigorously the writ of habeas corpus. He enlisted only the voluntary cooperation of North Carolinians in implementing his plans, and he motivated North Carolina to make the greatest contribution in men and spirit to the Southern cause. For that leadership he was known as the "War Governor of the South." The untiring efforts Governor Vance made on behalf of the soldiers and their families to provide every possible comfort to them during the famine and sadness of war ensured his place in the minds and hearts of the people he served.
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Vance was the first base in ATC to have extensive civilian contractor support for base functions ranging from aircraft maintenance to fire department to child care services. The support contract began in 1960 with Serv-Air. Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services assumed the contract in 1972 and has held it since.
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Vance Air Force Base is located 2 miles south of downtown Enid. Enid is home to several distinguished academic facilities, including Autry Technology Center, and Enid campuses for North Oklahoma College and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Enid is ... home to Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse, a hands-on museum, and Adventure Quest, one of the world’s largest community-built outdoor playgrounds.
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The alerting system is a pilot project at Vance and will likely be adopted in the future at other bases used by the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, English said. "The system has made the job in the command post a lot easier," he said. "Before, we had to call numerous agencies around the base to notify them, and that took a while."
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There are more than 2,600 military and civilian personnel working at Vance. CSC handles aircraft maintenance at the base, along with a variety of other jobs, including civil engineering and base support functions. The base ... has other contractors, such as Trend Western, Lear-Siegler Services, Inc., and Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc.
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