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Vance Airmen help Keesler, south get back on feet

(Courtesy photo) Staff Sgt. Toriano Banks, 71st Comptroller Squadron, works on evacuation vouchers from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., families.

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Vance Airmen help Keesler, south get back on feet

(Courtesy photo) Second Lt. Nicole Poff, 71st Flying Training Wing public affairs, talks with a Joint Communications Support Element member in front of the Carnival Cruise Line that housed most of the Federal Emergency Management Association members and other workers in New Orleans.

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MDG helps prevent infection

(Photo by 2nd Lt. Kasey Jackson) Airman 1st Class Savannah Key, 71st Medical Operations Squadron, instructs an Eisenhower Elementary School student on proper hand washing techniques.

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E-7s inducted into senior NCO tier

(Photo by Angie Roche) Col. Bryan Benson, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, congratulates Master Sgt. Mary Cole, 71st Mission Support Squadron, on her induction into the senior NCO tier during a ceremony Oct. 14 at the club. Sergeant Cole was escorted by Senior Master Sgt. Nolen Moore, 71st MSS.

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Team Vance exercises

(Photo by Frank McIntyre) Airman 1st Class Michelle Reynolds and Tech. Sgt. Charles Daniels, 71st Security Forces Squadron, map out a base cordon Tuesday during a 3-day joint exercise Monday through Wednesday between Vance Air Force Base, the city of Enid and the National Guard’s 63rd Civil Support team. The exercise tested the community’s response to terrorist attacks.

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Warrior of the week: Senior Airman Amy Wilson

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills)

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Warrior of the week: Jerry Gumaer

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills)

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Finance closes out fiscal ‘05

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills) Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Dalton (top left), Christopher Keenan (top right), Staff Sgt. Robert Schneider (bottom left), and Airman 1st Class Amy Hanson (bottom right), 71st Comptroller Squadron accounting liaison team, were part of the fiscal 2005 close out’s success Sept. 30.

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CFC begins

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills) Capt. Christopher McAlear, 33rd Flying Training Squadron and 71st Flying Training Wing Combined Federal Campaign project officer, waits while Col. Bryan Benson, 71st FTW commander, completes his contribution form. The Vance Air Force Base CFC begins Tuesday and runs until Nov. 18.

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Warrior of the week: Capt. Shaylor Billings

(Photo by 2nd Lt. David Tomlinson)

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Wing closes out flying hours

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills) Airman 1st Class Mark Delacruz, 32nd Flying Training Squadron dispatcher, collects fuel receipts from 2nd Lt. Jeremy Keyes, Class 06-05 student, during the last flying hours of fiscal 2005.

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Who turned up the heat?

(Photo by Clay Gillock) Maj. Jack Antedominico, 71st Mission Support Group executive officer, leads the Vance Fire Department during a fire training exercise recently. Major Antedominico decided to perform his training hands on and become a firefighter for a day. He was also appointed as an honorary firefighter.

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Warrior of the week: Staff Sgt. Richard White

(Photo by 2nd Lt. David Tomlinson)

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POW/MIAs remembered

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Capt. Craig Lowery, Vance Honor Guard commander, Col. Jerry Siegel, 71st Flying Training Wing vice commander, and Fran Hoad, former prisoner of war, place a wreath representing POWs and those missing in action during the POW/MIA ceremony Sept. 16 at the base flagpole.

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Warrior of the week: Capt. Leah Cross

(Photo by 2nd Lt. David Tomlinson)

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Vance member saves woman’s life

(Photo by 2nd Lt. David Tomlinson) Larry Smith, Trend Western fuels storage leadman, is credited with saving his neighbor’s life on Sept. 3.

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Command completes Vance ESOHCAMP inspection

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills) Bill Steinhauser, ESOHCAMP inspector, ensures a can of paint is inventoried as Grant Klasing, Computer Sciences Corporation civil engineering, stands by during Vance’s external inspection.

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Prospective ‘landlords’ visit Vance

(Photo by Frank McIntyre) Chief Master Sgt. Jim Suttles, 71st Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant, discusses Vance’s newest base housing with David Faircloth of Wood Rogers, Inc. during Wednesday’s housing privatization project orientation tour of Vance Air Force Base.

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IP survives life-threatening disease

(Photos by Frank McIntyre) Happy to be back on flying status, instructor pilot Captain Andy Rose goes over a T-37 manuever with student 2nd Lt. Patrick McCudden of Class 06-10.

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Warrior of the week: Gene Kornman

(Photo by 2nd Lt. David Tomlinson)

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