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Knowing expectations make chief difference
"I was a bad Airman -- the guy who the First Term Airman Center was invented for," said Chief Master Sgt. Jim Suttles. "I was good at my job, but struggling to be a good Airman." Not what you'd expect to hear from the new 71st Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant. Changing expectations, or becoming aware of them, is how the chief went
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2006
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Vance chaplain candidates committed to spiritual health
Air Force lieutenants have the opportunity to affect servicemembers and their families spiritually by becoming chaplains through the chaplain candidate program. The chaplain candidate program is a Reserve program allowing individuals to explore the military ministry option, while attending seminary. It is designed to expose civilian seminarians to
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12/01
2006
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Vance FAIP commands 'Return to Flight' mission
Vance Air Force Base graduate Eileen Collins is a pilot who is accustomed to pressure and very good at breaking barriers. This week she was scheduled to make history as commander of NASA's Discovery orbiter, America's first manned flight back into space since the February 2003 Columbia accident that killed seven astronauts. Commander Collins earned
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12/01
2006
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Vance hosts historical pilot duo
Vance Air Force Base is helping write a page in Italy's aviation history as it plays host to two of the first female pilots in the Italian Air Force. 2nd Lts. Donatella Caforio and Ida Casetti currently are assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, training on the T-37 as members of Class 06-07. "The training is very demanding and
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12/01
2006
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Oklahoma takes action to regulate laws against high-interest lenders
The negative implications of payday lending can destroy the careers and mission readiness of Oklahoma's military members, so base legal counselors and state law makers are taking action. According to the Department of Defense, Oklahoma, Florida and Georgia recently took protective steps against payday lenders. In 2004, Georgia passed legislation
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12/01
2006
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Vance auxiliary field named after 1940s AAF bomber pilot
General Eisenhower once praised him for "superior airmanship and extraordinary gallantry." Sixty-three years ago, this daring Oklahoma native led the first American bombing mission over occupied Europe and became the first member of the American Forces in Europe to be decorated for gallantry in action against the enemy. Graduating from the
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12/01
2006
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'Eight ballers' risk lives for WWII reconnaissance
On Jan. 23, 1942, Japanese forces invaded the island of Rabaul, crushing the small Australian garrison protecting the peacetime capital of New Guinea. The Japanese rapidly developed it into a massive base, complete with more than 300 miles of tunnels, underground storage and hospitals. Soon it became the home of the Japanese Naval Headquarters in
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12/01
2006
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A day in the life -- Team Vance pilot provides insight into daily activities of deployment to Iraq
(Editor's note: Major Cobb is currently deployed to Iraq. This is an account of his experiences there.) The alarm clock wakes me at 5:15 a.m. I get out of bed and slip on my running shoes, noticing my roommate has already left. We share an 8-foot by 22-foot trailer, which connects to another trailer by a common-use bathroom. I grab my palace
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11/29
2006
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Fiddleback spiders invade Vance's darkest depths
If you see this little spider climbing up your waterspout, clean it out with caution. Of the more than 30,000 species of known spiders, only a few are considered dangerous to humans, including the brown recluse. "The intent is not to scare people, but to make them aware of the brown recluse," said Richard Johndrow, base entomologist, who has more
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11/29
2006
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Vance family adopts living legends
A distant pounding resonated through the trio, like standing in the middle of a class of drum-beating 5-year-olds. The riders' horses stopped dead and their heads shot up with their eyes and ears intent on the hills before them. Then the group saw them. Nearly 100 mustangs crested the nearby ridge, thundering along in a wave of bays, chestnuts,
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11/29
2006
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