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Colonel Joel “JP” Pauls

Commander, 71st Operations Group, Vance Air Force Base, Okla.

Vietnam-era student pilot shares with Class 22-11

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Rudolf Peksens, right, talks with students in Class 22-11 before their graduation ceremony, June 17. Peksens was the guest speaker for the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Powers retirement

Capt. Ashley Bird, left, presents a 33rd Flying Training Squadron "tail flash" to Lt. Col. Nicholas Powers during his retirement ceremony, July 15. Powers is the former commander of the 33rd FTS. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Powers retirement

During the retirement ceremony for Lt. Col. Nicholas Powers, upper right, the Powers children received letters of appreciation from Col. Jay Johnson, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Spark Tank

Air Education and Training Command has begun accepting innovative submissions that can significantly impact Air Force missions within the next six to 24 months from uniformed and civilian Airmen for the 2023 Air Force Spark Tank competition, now through Aug. 17.

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CMSGT Frank B. Smith

71 Flying Training Wing Command Chief

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Left to right, Lt. Col. Matthew Cichowski, the 8th Flying Training Squadron commander, and Lt. Col. Nicholas Powers, the former commander of the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, are decorated combat pilots whose experience in the Global War on Terror helps them lead and grow the next generation of world-class U.S. Air Force pilots at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Thank you for your service

Staff Sgt. Stephanie Gilbert, a 71st Security Forces Squadron military working dog trainer, holds up “Thank you for your service” letters from students at Eisenhower Elementary School on Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Vance Security Forces demonstrated how the military working dogs do their job for the students, May 17, as part of National Police Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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Marching to remember

The 71st Security Forces Squadron participated in a two-mile ruck march May 16, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, in honor of National Police Week. The week honors civilian and military police officers in local, state and federal positions who have fallen or been disabled in the line of duty. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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CCAF graduates

Fourteen Team Vance enlisted members received their associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force during a commencement ceremony May 13 in the Base Auditorium at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Vance grad earns Kolligian Trophy for saving A-10C

Capt. Taylor Bye, a Vance graduate, earned the Kolligian Trophy for safely landing her A-10C Thunderbolt II gear-up, April 7, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Andrea Jenkins)

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Kolligian Trophy winner earned wings at Vance

2nd Lt. Taylor Bye displays her pilot wings, surrounded by family members, after the Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-08 graduation, April 28, 2017, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ David Poe)

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Moody AFB pilot becomes first female to receive Kolligian Trophy

Capt. Taylor Bye speaks with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force chief of safety, after a ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., May 11, 2022. Bye was awarded the 2020 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to recognize her outstanding airmanship when her A-10C Thunderbolt II suffered a catastrophic gun malfunction and she safely performed a belly landing with the loss of the aircraft landing gear and canopy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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Moody AFB pilot becomes first female to receive Kolligian Trophy

Capt. Taylor Bye and Kory Kolligian II pose with the 2020 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., May 11, 2022. Bye was awarded the trophy to recognize her outstanding airmanship when her A-10C Thunderbolt II suffered a catastrophic gun malfunction and she safely performed a belly landing with the loss of the aircraft landing gear and canopy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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Graduated CCAF at Maxwell

Senior Airman Xavier Collins, an air traffic controller with the 71st Operations Support Squadron, was the Air Education and Training Command representative at the Community College of the Air Force 50th Anniversary graduation ceremony held April 14 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Christian Soto)

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Demonstrate our culture

Col. Jay Johnson, the commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing, talks with Vance leaders about demonstrating the team's culture following a group photo, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Feb. 22, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Putting resiliency in relationships

Chaplain (Capt.) Christopher Black, with the 71st Flying Training Wing chapel, introduces the five principles of the "Relationship Attachments Model" to Vance Air Force Base service members in attendance at the Resilient Relationship Dinner at the Oakwood Country Club, April 23. The dinner program focused on talking and sharing experiences with intentional communication. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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CRAFT Lab training

2nd Lt. Mariah Waters, a T-38C Talon pilot, discusses her performance after completing a quick-decision-making and task-saturation drill with Mitch Weaver, a technician at Vance's CRAFT Lab, April 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Task saturation

2nd Lt. Mariah Waters, a T-38C Talon pilot, works on quick decision making and task saturation with Mitch Weaver, a technician at Vance's CRAFT Lab, April 28. Waters is reading math problems that relate to formation flying while simultaneously working a reaction drill on a tablet. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Training for quick decisions

2nd Lt. Mariah Waters, a T-38C Talon pilot, practices task saturation and quick decision making April 28 at the Vance Air Force Base CRAFT Lab. Task saturation and decision making fall under the cognitive modality at CRAFT. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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