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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Savannah Slaughter, 81st

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Savannah Slaughter, 81st

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Savannah Slaughter, 81st Comptroller Squadron financial analyst, briefs 2nd Lt. Bryan Case, 81st CPTS deputy flight commander, and Janice Carr-Scott, 81st CPTS accounting technician... More

Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler

Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler

Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler Sailors attend the CNATTU Keesler Pearl Harbor 79th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 7, 2020. The ceremony ... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, and Keesler personnel attend the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler Pearl Harbor 77th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony at ... More

The Budweiser Clydesdales entertain crowds during a

The Budweiser Clydesdales entertain crowds during a

The Budweiser Clydesdales entertain crowds during a parade at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 7, 2019. They made their first appearance in 1933 and have been featured prominently in two presidential i... More

(From right to left) Tech. Sgt. Austin Santos, 16th

(From right to left) Tech. Sgt. Austin Santos, 16th

(From right to left) Tech. Sgt. Austin Santos, 16th Training Squadron military training leader, Staff Sgt. Brenna Watson, 16th TRS stand-in MTL, and Col. Ryan Keeney, 49th Wing commander, discuss improvements f... More

2017 Enid's annual Cherokee Strip Celebration parade

2017 Enid's annual Cherokee Strip Celebration parade

Airmen from the 71st Flying Training Wing march in the Enid's annual Cherokee Strip Celebration parade Sept. 16, 2017, that is held in the downtown Enid, Oklahoma. The festival is a celebration of the founding ... More

The show must go on, US Air Force Photo

The show must go on, US Air Force Photo

Airman 1st Class Ethan, 16th Training Squadron MQ-9 Reaper sensor operator student, studies course material in a study room, April 1, 2020, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, classes... More

Staff Sgt. Kimberly Moore and Airman 1st Class Heather

Staff Sgt. Kimberly Moore and Airman 1st Class Heather

Staff Sgt. Kimberly Moore and Airman 1st Class Heather Heiney, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs, pose for a photo at Wall Studio, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Feb. 7, 2012. Moore took top honors in the Air ... More

French air force Capt. Aurélien Leray listens to his

French air force Capt. Aurélien Leray listens to his

French air force Capt. Aurélien Leray listens to his training partner, U.S. Air Force Maj. Kris Person, during a pre-flight briefing for their upcoming simulated flight Oct. 25, 2013. Leray and Person are spend... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Boseman, 97th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Boseman, 97th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Boseman, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, listens to feedback from the instructor during a combat arms class using the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 trainin... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Wesley Cox, 97th Security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Wesley Cox, 97th Security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Wesley Cox, 97th Security Forces Squadron military working dog trainer, holds back Zeus, military working dog, during bite work training Nov. 25, 2013. Military working dogs are traine... More

Ryan Graverholt, 97th Maintenance Directorate paint

Ryan Graverholt, 97th Maintenance Directorate paint

Ryan Graverholt, 97th Maintenance Directorate paint and corrosion equipment cleaner, washes the front landing gear of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueler Jan. 7, 2014. Maintenance personnel use up to ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Hood, 97th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Hood, 97th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Hood, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, salutes while standing in formation at the Airman Leadership School parade training area Jan. 15, 2014. During ALS, Airmen hone their... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devonte Durham, 97th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devonte Durham, 97th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devonte Durham, 97th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, inspects a helmet used by aircrew members at the AFE shop Jan. 23, 2014. Airmen from AFE sup... More

A mustache sparks Air Force tradition

A mustache sparks Air Force tradition

U.S. Air Force Airmen show off their mustaches at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 26, 2014. The Airmen responded to U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh III when he challenged the Air Force to a mustache competi... More

Two-year-old John Austin and his mother, Kristy, climb

Two-year-old John Austin and his mother, Kristy, climb

Two-year-old John Austin and his mother, Kristy, climb into a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft May 15, 2014. John was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when he was four months old, and his parents ... More

U.S. flags wave next to veterans' tombstones in the

U.S. flags wave next to veterans' tombstones in the

U.S. flags wave next to veterans' tombstones in the Veterans Garden at the Altus City Cemetery, May 24, 2014. Airmen from Altus Air Force Base place flags every Memorial Day weekend, which remembers the sacrifi... More

Students from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and

Students from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and

Students from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School are given safety instructions on how to approach a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during hoist training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., June 25, ... More

Gen. Robin Rand, commander, Air Education and Training

Gen. Robin Rand, commander, Air Education and Training

Gen. Robin Rand, commander, Air Education and Training Command, presides over the Air University change of command ceremony at Maxwell's Air Park, Nov. 10, 2014. Lt. Gen. David Fadok relinquished command and Lt... More

William Schott, Iwo Jima survivor, walks through a

William Schott, Iwo Jima survivor, walks through a

William Schott, Iwo Jima survivor, walks through a gauntlet outside Sheppard Elementary School at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 13, 2015. Children from the school met with WWII veterans during the Iwo Ji... More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, 82nd Training

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, 82nd Training

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, 82nd Training Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Airman Treyton-Thomas Joupperi, 364th Training Squadron student, stand together after Joupperi’s speech at Sheppard A... More

Women's History Month kicked off at Sheppard Air Force

Women's History Month kicked off at Sheppard Air Force

Women's History Month kicked off at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas with the "women in history" 5K fun run and team relay March 6, 2015. What started as Women's History Week in 1982 later transformed into a month... More

David Mounsey, 82nd Training Wing fire chief, answers

David Mounsey, 82nd Training Wing fire chief, answers

David Mounsey, 82nd Training Wing fire chief, answers questions in front of a panel of 10 board members from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, at the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center ... More

Michaelle Kitchen, Midwestern State University associate

Michaelle Kitchen, Midwestern State University associate

Michaelle Kitchen, Midwestern State University associate professor of counseling, kinesiology and special education, delivers a speech at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 24, 2015. Kitchen’s speech was par... More

The Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, community gather

The Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, community gather

The Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, community gather for a base-wide picnic March 28, 2015. Airmen and their families were invited to the picnic that included outdoor carnival games, lunch, an Easter egg hunt, ... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hung Nguyen, 82nd Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hung Nguyen, 82nd Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hung Nguyen, 82nd Training Wing chaplain, blesses a bowl of water to be used in a housing ceremony at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 8, 2015. The ceremony took place to welcome a new f... More

Airmen from the 82nd Training Wing attend a retreat

Airmen from the 82nd Training Wing attend a retreat

Airmen from the 82nd Training Wing attend a retreat ceremony with officers from the Wichita Falls Police Department at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 15, 2015. May 15 is dedicated as National Peace Officer... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maurice Price, 366th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maurice Price, 366th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maurice Price, 366th Training Squadron student, climbs a utility pole as part of his training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2015. The mission of the 82nd Training Wi... More

Paul Brown entertains U.S. Air Force Airmen from Sheppard

Paul Brown entertains U.S. Air Force Airmen from Sheppard

Paul Brown entertains U.S. Air Force Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the JC AllStars performance July 3, 2015. The JC AllStars are a nonprofit band with a mission to give back to the troops t... More

An aircraft armament-training classroom in the 363rd

An aircraft armament-training classroom in the 363rd

An aircraft armament-training classroom in the 363rd Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, was dedicated to Kent “Doc” Salvage, July 14, 2015. Salvage served more than 20 years to the Air Force a... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen, in attendance with the Wichita

U.S. Air Force Airmen, in attendance with the Wichita

U.S. Air Force Airmen, in attendance with the Wichita Falls community, listen to Medal of Honor recipient retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Leroy Petry, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman and retired U.S.... More

Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager,

Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager,

Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager, poses with a sapling July 29, 2015, at Colville National Forest, Wash. Because of the efforts from the Foster and Rick Hall, Air Force liaison to the U.S... More

Paddling past the competition

Paddling past the competition

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ava Margerison, 82nd Training Wing public affairs officer and native of Wayzata, Minn., paddles her team's cardboard boat to the finish line at the Sheppard Air Force Base pool, Aug. 1, 2... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Goodrick, (left),

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Goodrick, (left),

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Goodrick, (left), from Nellis Air Force Base Nev., is a student in the 366th Training Squadron Hotline Training Course and native of Lawrence, Kan., trains with Airman 1st Class... More

Airmen attend the retirement ceremony of military working

Airmen attend the retirement ceremony of military working

Airmen attend the retirement ceremony of military working dog Larry at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 12, 2015. Larry was granted an early retirement after more than 8,000 working hours and more than 2,00... More

Jarrod Smith, (left), Clay Jacobs, (middle), and Christopher

Jarrod Smith, (left), Clay Jacobs, (middle), and Christopher

Jarrod Smith, (left), Clay Jacobs, (middle), and Christopher Freeman, (right), take a break at a rest stop at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the Hotter'N Hell 100 bike race Aug. 29, 2015. Freeman is a v... More

Members of the 173rd Fighter Wing wait to greet Maj.

Members of the 173rd Fighter Wing wait to greet Maj.

Members of the 173rd Fighter Wing wait to greet Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander, as he taxis a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon to a stop at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., Nov. 18, 2015. Heck... More

71st MDOS leads AETC Flu Campaign Charge

71st MDOS leads AETC Flu Campaign Charge

Staff Sgt. Derrick Reynolds, a 71st Medical Operations Squadron technician, vaccinates an Airman at the immunizations section of the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 4. During the current flu campaig... More

Team Vance steps toward better fitness

Team Vance steps toward better fitness

Lt. Col. Daryl Myers, the 8th Flying Training Squadron assistant director of operations, leads a group exercise class at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 5. Vance's Bradley Fitness and Sports Center offers a v... More

Vance MWD put through paces during routine training

Vance MWD put through paces during routine training

71st Security Forces Squadron MWD Rea gets loose on the kennel section obstacle course at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 11. Obstacle work helps teach MWDs obedience and how to handle real-world obstacles... More

Vance ends ATC era with control tower demo

Vance ends ATC era with control tower demo

Senior Airman Susana Twilley, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, watches the old control tower demolition from the cab of the new tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 21. The new t... More

Vance dental lab fabricates variety of devices

Vance dental lab fabricates variety of devices

Staff Sgt. Tasha Johnson, the 71st Medical Group dental lab technician, fabricates an orthodontic model at the dental lab at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 25. While the Vance dental lab fabricates a range o... More

Airmen solve X-ray mystery, save $103K machine

Airmen solve X-ray mystery, save $103K machine

Senior Airman Bright Mills (left), Staff Sgt. Joshua Meyer (middle), and Staff Sgt. Gerry Reed (right), are a three-member biomedical equipment repair team who fixed a $103,000 x-ray machine at Sheppard Air For... More

Catching your breath, US Air Force Photo

Catching your breath, US Air Force Photo

Senior Airman James Elsner from the 81st Medical Operations Squadron.

Vance recognizes own in monthly ceremony

Vance recognizes own in monthly ceremony

Newly-promoted Staff Sgt. William Ensrud affirms his oath of enlistment at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Feb. 29. The 71st Medical Group Airman was one of several Team Vance members to be celebrated for a multit... More

Airman Zachary Lewis (left), 361st Training Squadron

Airman Zachary Lewis (left), 361st Training Squadron

Airman Zachary Lewis (left), 361st Training Squadron fuels systems apprentice and native of Abilene, Texas, secures safety wire inside a bladder fuel cell of a KC-135 Stratotanker, while Airman Basic Jacob Tute... More

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander, gives a speech in remembrance of POW and MIA military members throughout military at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 9, 2016. More than 83,000 Ame... More

Lt. Col. William O’Sullivan, 82nd Training Wing chaplain,

Lt. Col. William O’Sullivan, 82nd Training Wing chaplain,

Lt. Col. William O’Sullivan, 82nd Training Wing chaplain, participates in the 12th Annual Clay County Dove Salute in Henrietta, Texas, Sept. 10, 2016. O’Sullivan, along with nearly 175 other Airmen, were invite... More

The U.S. Air Force Wings of Blue parachute team prepares

The U.S. Air Force Wings of Blue parachute team prepares

The U.S. Air Force Wings of Blue parachute team prepares to exit a UV-18B Twin Otter aircraft during the Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, practice air show, Sept. 16, 2016. The team of jumpers performed several ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Wilson, the 71st Flying Training

Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Wilson, the 71st Flying Training

Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Wilson, the 71st Flying Training Wing Command Chief, greets a local youngster in Enid, Oklahoma, Sept. 17. The parade was part of Enid's annual two-day Cherokee Strip Celebration, whic... More

Maj. Gen. Robert Labrutta, 2nd Air Force commander,

Maj. Gen. Robert Labrutta, 2nd Air Force commander,

Maj. Gen. Robert Labrutta, 2nd Air Force commander, visits with Airman 1st Class Kristyn Widger, 82nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace physiology technician, for a tour of their spatial disorientation trai... More

Vance FD takes training base wide

Vance FD takes training base wide

A firefighter lights a safe burn container as civilians ready for fire extinguisher training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 11. Vance FD personnel are offering both mandatory training and visiting shop... More

Digital-age paper cuts - A woman in a military uniform holding a piece of paper

Digital-age paper cuts - A woman in a military uniform holding a piece...

The focus of the Paperless Accessions Process Initiative is to establish a paperless accession process allowing for data and forms to flow smoothly from initial applicant contact to final entry into an Airman’s... More

71st MDG Airmen support community

71st MDG Airmen support community

Airman 1st Class Mina Kim checks-in a patient at the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 17. The Outpatient Records Technician, a native of South Korea, and her team provides records support for the ... More

Vance flight nurse showcased for local media

Vance flight nurse showcased for local media

Capt. Rachel Hubbs poses for a portrait at the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 19. The clinical medicine element chief was Vance’s Warrior of the Week for the week of Oct. 23. Warrior of the Week... More

71st OSS repeats as Vance football champs

71st OSS repeats as Vance football champs

Chase Schneider gets a big reception from his 71st Operations Support Squadron teammates after a game-winning touchdown catch at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 20. The four-seed in the 2016 Vance postseas... More

Vance Holds Quarterly Resilience Training

Vance Holds Quarterly Resilience Training

Capts. Andrew Davis (left) and Ken Ellington, instructor pilots from the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, attend a Resiliency Training Assistant class at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 24. The training is a ... More

Vance Weather Forecaster Recognized

Vance Weather Forecaster Recognized

Master Sgt. Richard Lawson in the Weather Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 7. Lawson, the Vance Weather Operations NCOIC, was Vance's Warrior of the Week for the week of Nov. 6. Warrior of the Wee... More

Vance ALS Class conducts retreat ceremony

Vance ALS Class conducts retreat ceremony

Senior Airmen Chase Kelly, Zachary Paskovitch and James Atwell transport the colors during a retreat ceremony at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 8. The trio are assigned to the 71st Operations Support Squa... More

Vance leadership joins local Veterans Day observance

Vance leadership joins local Veterans Day observance

Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Wilson, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief, and other guests listen in to the guest speaker at the Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park in Enid, Oklahoma, Nov. 11. (U.S. A... More

Vance rises under Super Moon

Vance rises under Super Moon

Air traffic controllers from the 71st Operations Support Squadron prepare for their day under a Super Moon at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 14. One of only four bases in the Air Force that has a primary ... More

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 82nd Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Pritchard, 82nd TRW command chief, provide opening comments and introduce the Sheppard Elementary School choir before light... More

Vance Airmen embrace holiday spirit

Vance Airmen embrace holiday spirit

2nd Lt. Judith Nainggolan hangs holiday decorations at the 71st Flying Training Wing headquarters building at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Poe)

Vietnam helo ace speaks at Vance

Vietnam helo ace speaks at Vance

Vietnam Era Army helo ace Bob Ford addresses student pilots at the historic base theater at Vance Air Force Base, Dec. 12. Vance's 71st Student Squadron organizes monthly heritage briefings to offer comprehensi... More

Vance controllers manage the skies

Vance controllers manage the skies

Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron control the skies over Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 19 Although Vance may be known as a pilot training base, it's also one of the leaders in training an... More

Vance Airman recognized by

Vance Airman recognized by

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Robley in front of the wing safety office at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 9. The occupational safety apprentice is Vance's Warrior of the Week for the week for Jan. 9. Warrior of the W... More

Vance FTAC in full swing

Vance FTAC in full swing

Airmen receive instruction at a First Term Airman Center session at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 9. Located with units across the Air Force, FTACs are professional development curriculum hubs directed t... More

Vance Airman Shares Story with Media

Vance Airman Shares Story with Media

Airman 1st Class Christine Stone at the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 24. Stone, an Air Force public health technician, is Vance's Warrior of the Week for Jan. 23. Warrior of the Week is a Team... More

Dan Clark speaks after receiving the American Spirit

Dan Clark speaks after receiving the American Spirit

Dan Clark speaks after receiving the American Spirit Award Jan. 26 at the Air Force Recruiting Service Leadership Conference in San Antonio. Since 1980, the AFRS award has been presented to civilians who have m... More

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron administrative assistand gives the 403rd Wing mission briefing to Maj. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, 2nd Air Force commander during his 403rd Wing immersion tour Feb.... More

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's propulsion shop to Maj. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, 2nd Air Force commander during his 403rd Wing immersion tour Feb. 3 at Kees... More

71st MDG Airman shares service story with local media

71st MDG Airman shares service story with local media

Senior Airman Tanner Coots at the Aerospace Physiology facility at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 21. The aerospace operational physiology technician is the 71st Flying Training Wing's Warrior of the Week... More

Graduating SUPT students pin classmate Iraqi Airman after ceremony

Graduating SUPT students pin classmate Iraqi Airman after ceremony

Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students gather to fasten pilot wings on their Iraqi Air Force classmate at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 10. After approximately a year of training, Class 17-06... More

A student from Midwestern State University participates

A student from Midwestern State University participates

A student from Midwestern State University participates in the annual Walk of Knowledge April 4, 2017, held at MSU’s Sunwatcher Plaza. Participants walked the sidewalk lined with educational signs and 585 pairs... More

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander flies inverted in an F-35A Lightning II during the Duluth Air and Aviation Expo July 21, 2019, at the Duluth International Airport in Dulut... More

71 OSS Airmen perform tower maintenace

71 OSS Airmen perform tower maintenace

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nye, from the 71st Operations Support Squadron, descends from a communications tower at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 5, 2017. Vance OSS Airmen control hundreds of systems to e... More

Vance Airmen promoted in Ceremony

Vance Airmen promoted in Ceremony

Newly-promotoed Senior Airman Janessa Tyler has her new rank tacked during a promotion ceremony at the historic base theater at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 27. The Installation Support Squadron Airman... More

Vance Airmen promote in ceremony

Vance Airmen promote in ceremony

Newly-promotoed Staff Sgt. Christina Kamka has her new rank tacked during a promotion ceremony at the historic base theater at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 27. The 71st Medical Group Airman invited bro... More

Law enforcement officers from the Wichita Falls, Texas,

Law enforcement officers from the Wichita Falls, Texas,

Law enforcement officers from the Wichita Falls, Texas, Police Department, raise the U.S. flag to half-staff during the National Police Week proclamation ceremony, May 15, 2017. National Police Week honors both... More

Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, participate

Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, participate

Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, participate as spectators, flag bearers, and demonstration squadrons for the Nighthawks military appreciation football game at the Kay Yeager Coliseum in downtown Wic... More

Helicopters from the Jacksonville area line the Maxwell

Helicopters from the Jacksonville area line the Maxwell

Helicopters from the Jacksonville area line the Maxwell flight line, Sept. 4, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The aircraft evacuated to Maxwell in preparation of Hurricane Dorian making landfall this wee... More

Vance JSUPT students find fun

Vance JSUPT students find fun

Pilot training students find some room for a laugh at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 5. On any given day, approximately 500 student-pilots at different phases of training call Vance home. (U.S. Air Force ... More

71st OSS Airmen mark runway reopening

71st OSS Airmen mark runway reopening

Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron jog down the outer runway June 12, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. After a year of construction, the "runway stomp" marked the re-opening of the refurbished r... More

New commander salutes his Airmen

New commander salutes his Airmen

Col. (Dr.) Anthony Waldroup, the new AFMS - Vance - 71st Medical Group commander, returns his first salute to his troops during the group's change of command ceremony here this morning. Among the group's many a... More

Pilot training at Vance

Pilot training at Vance

Student pilots prepare to taxi to the runway in a T-1A Jayhawk June 21, 2017, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-1 is used in advance training for students identified to go into airlift or tanker aircraft... More

Vance student pilot sits in T-6 Texan

Vance student pilot sits in T-6 Texan

2nd Lt. Travis Ledger, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, reviews his post-flight checklist in aT-6 Texan II June 21, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-6 is the first plane students f... More

Guests who attended the Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas,

Guests who attended the Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas,

Guests who attended the Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Freedom Fest, enjoyed live tunes performed by Def Leggend, a Def Leppard tribute band, July 4, 2017. Thousands of Texomans filled the base to enjoy Freedo... More

71st OSS Airmen Control the Skies

71st OSS Airmen Control the Skies

Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron at work at the Radar Approach Control facility at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 10. Clearance and Delivery air traffic controllers like the ones you see h... More

Moral Combat, US Air Force Photo

Moral Combat, US Air Force Photo

Senior Airman Amanda Lundgren, 82nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician, models for an ethics campaign where she stands at a moral crossroads as she performs her duties as an Airman. The Moral ... More

3rd FTS Trains Students in T-1A

3rd FTS Trains Students in T-1A

A 3rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot conducts a post-flight visual inspection of his aircraft at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 19. Next year, the T-1A Jayhawk will mark 25 years of service to ... More

Vance Airmen Remember Fallen Comrade During 5K

Vance Airmen Remember Fallen Comrade During 5K

Elaine LaBarge stretches before the first 1st Lt. Dale Shillington Memorial 5K at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 21. Exactly one year ago, Shillington, a 25th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, di... More

Vance Historian Works to Remember Oklahoma Pilot

Vance Historian Works to Remember Oklahoma Pilot

Wing historian Stephanie Ritter pieces together a layout for a future display at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 24. The historian's office is home to thousands of artifacts and records covering Vance's wi... More

Vance Airmen conducting training

Vance Airmen conducting training

Airman 1st Class Damen Hobbs (left), a 71st Medical Operations Squadron aerospace operational physiology technician, helps Airman 1st Class Lashai Battle, a 71st Installation Support Squadron knowledge operatio... More

Vance pilot in T-38C Talon

Vance pilot in T-38C Talon

A Vance student pilot prepares to taxi to the runway Aug. 14, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The T-38C Talon is used to train student pilots in aerobatics, formation, night, instrument and cross-country navigat... More

Air Force pilot 2nd Lt. Landon Moores and his mother

Air Force pilot 2nd Lt. Landon Moores and his mother

Air Force pilot 2nd Lt. Landon Moores and his mother Lorrie share a moment at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 18. Moores and his Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-13 classmates graduated fr... More

2nd Lt. Katie Rettinger, an Air Force Specialized

2nd Lt. Katie Rettinger, an Air Force Specialized

2nd Lt. Katie Rettinger, an Air Force Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-10 student, and classmates escaped their instructor pilots for a bit to check out the solar eclipse at Vance Air Force Bas... More

An L3 Communications crew chief communicates with a

An L3 Communications crew chief communicates with a

An L3 Communications crew chief communicates with a T-6 Texan II team at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 28. Since 1960, Vance Airmen have teamed up with contract partner civilians like those from L3 to su... More

A Lockheed C-5 Galaxy takes aim to Houston, Texas,

A Lockheed C-5 Galaxy takes aim to Houston, Texas,

A Lockheed C-5 Galaxy takes aim to Houston, Texas, on August 30, 2017 transporting the 59th Medical Wing’s disaster relief teams. 70-members from the Air Force’s flagship medical wing were mobilized to provide ... More

Rise and Shine, US Air Force Photo

Rise and Shine, US Air Force Photo

Vance pilots prepare to board their T-6A Texan II Sept. 5, on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The T-6 is used to train student pilots in the basic flying skills common to the Air Force. (U.S. Air ... More

Deborah Clark gives thanks to Sheppard Air Force Base,

Deborah Clark gives thanks to Sheppard Air Force Base,

Deborah Clark gives thanks to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Airmen for their service to the U.S. and the Clay County volunteers for their support in hosting the 13th Annual Clay County Dove Salute in Henriett... More

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