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The deployment of the dual polarization capability (Build 12) to NEXRAD sites began in 2010 and was completed by the summer of 2013. The radar at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma was the first operational WSR-88D modified to utilize dual polarization technology. The modified radar went into operation on March 3, 2011. [20]
Vance Air Force Base (IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr .
The 71st Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command.Stationed as the host unit of Vance Air Force Base, it has conducted pilot training for the U.S. Air Force and allied nations since 1972.
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Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 November 1972 – present [1] Aircraft. Lockheed F-5 Lightning (1943–1945) North American B-25 Mitchell (1944)
From left: A T-38 Talon, T-6A Texan II, and a T-1 Jayhawk are posed in front of the base control tower on the Vance flightline. T-1 Jayhawk, 3d FTS T-38 Talons, 25th FTS T-6A Texan II, 8th FTS. The 71st Operations Group (71 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 71st Flying Training Wing.
A ceremony at the Clear Space Force Base (formerly Clear Air Force Station) south of Fairbanks celebrated the end of construction and installation of a new Long Range Discrimination Radar, a ...