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Vance Air Force Base Resumes T-6A Flights

By Marc Selinger

Monday, December 11th, 2017

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Vance Air Force Base Resumes T-6A Flights

A T-6A Texan II trainer jet. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma resumed flying its T-6A Texan II trainer planes Dec. 5 after grounding the turboprops for nearly three weeks due to recent physiological events.While investigators have not pinpointed the cause of the incidents, Vance plans to “temporarily apply local procedures to mitigate risk to flight operations and aircrew,” the base said in a statement.Vance suspended its T-6A flights Nov. 15 after instructor and student pilots reported four physiological incidents since Nov. 1 (Defense Daily, Nov.…

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