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T-6 back flying at Vance AFB to investigate hypoxia issues

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T-6 Texan IIs assigned to Vance Air Force Base are back in the air but not for training missions as the base is still working with Air Education and Training Command to determine the cause of hypoxia issues reported last month.

Raytheon T-6 Texan II (317851183)
By Cory W. Watts from Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America (Raytheon T-6 Texan II) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Vance public affairs chief Terri Schaefer told the News & Eagle Dec. 3 that the base was “launching a few sorties today with our senior pilots” as part of that investigation.

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