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T-38 ejection seat upgrade

The Martin-Baker Mk US16T ejection seat features a safer ejection process and built-in parachutes for pilots flying the T-38 Talon. The seats are being installed in all 66 T-38s here and maintenance personnel expect to complete the upgrade to Vance's T-38 fleet by June this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Be Ready app

Guidelines on making a disaster kit are available on the Air Force “Be Ready” mobile app available for both iPhones and Androids. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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9/11 Retreat

Members of the Silver Talon honor guard fold the flag during a retreat ceremony held Wednesday at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., in memory of the victims of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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New control tower construction at Vance

The completion date for the new control tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., initially scheduled for this summer, has been delayed until approximately February 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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New control tower construction at Vance

The completion date for the new control tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., initially scheduled for this summer, has been delayed until approximately February 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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PME cover shot

The new Professional Development Guide, Air Force Pamphlet 36-2241, is now available online. (U.S. Air Force artwork)

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Two men collect haz-mat material

Col. Darren James, left, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, and Staff Sgt. Travis DePrinzio, 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron, secure an unidentified brownish-white powder discovered in the base auditorium during a chemical-threat exercise held June 3 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Colonel wearing haz-mat suit

Col. Darren James, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, tries on a Level-A suit, complete with 20-pound respiratory tank, during a chemical-threat exercise with the 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 71st Medical Group, June 3, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Colonel dons Level-A suit

Col. Darren James, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, dons a lime-green haz-mat suit to participate in a chemical-threat exercise with the 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 71st Medical Group, June 3, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Lt Col James Washington

Lt. Col. James Washington, Chief of Operations and Flying Section, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Inspector General, discusses a quality-of-instruction and safety flight he is about to fly with Capt. David Schunk, an instructor pilot with the 8th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Battery

The bare contacts on rechargeable lithium, mercury, and nickel-metal batteries must be covered with electrical tape before turn in to hazardous waste disposal in the Environmental Office at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta)

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Snow plow

A member of the CSC Applied Technologies Pavement and Grounds clears snow from the sidewalk in front of the 71st Flying Training Wing headquarters building during the blizzard that hit Feb. 25 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Linda Frost)

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New control tower

Construction crews use a crane to add wall segments to the new air traffic control tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Officials with the general contractor, the Peter R. Brown Construction Company from Atlanta, expect to finish construction of the $9.44 million tower this summer. The new tower will stand 112 feet tall, more than 35 feet higher than the current tower visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta)

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New control tower construction

Contractors, using a half-a-million dollar pier drill, make holes to place reinforcing steel into the ground for the foundation of the new air traffic control tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The $9.44 million tower will stand 112 feet tall when completed. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta)

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Cini, the MWD

Staff Sgt. Juventino Salazar and his military working dog, Cini, pose near a space shuttle during a security detail for President Barack Obama’s visit to Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a space shuttle launch last summer. Cini died in Salazar’s arms March 22 on the door step of the kennel at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (Courtesy photo)

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Cini, the MWD

Cini – H386 – 2003-2012 -- a military working dog at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)

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Cini, the MWD

Cini, a military working dog from Vance Air Force Base, Okla., takes a rest at the half-way point of an eight-mile hike during pre-deployment training at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., last summer. Cini died March 22 on the door step of the working-dog kennel at Vance AFB. (Courtesy photo)

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Visual dome for simulator

A 2,200 pound visual dome is moved into place to fit over the cockpit portion of a new T-1A Jayhawk flight simulator March 14 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Flight simulators are an important part of training more than 400 U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied student pilots each year at Vance AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank John Casciotta)

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Visual dome for simulator

The 2,200 pound visual dome section of a new T-1A Jayhawk flight simulator is lifted through an exterior wall of the 71st Operations Group building March 14 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The dome will provide 240 degrees of state-of-the-art visual flight and airfield simulation. The dome can generate images of more than 200 operational airfields and a variety of weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Frank John Casciotta)

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A-10 static display

Originally scheduled for permanent retirement in the aircraft bone yard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., this A-10 Thunderbolt II is now on permanent static display at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Joe B. Wiles)

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