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Capt. Ashley Kneller, instructor pilot with the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, tells students what it’s like to be a pilot at Vance Air Force Base in the STEM Career Panel. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Alyssa Letts)

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Air Camp

Left to right, Staff Sgts. Heather Reed and Taylor Kenney, air traffic controllers with the 71st Operations Support Squadron; Capt. Ashley Kneller and Maj. Colby Shufeldt, instructor pilots with the 3rd Flying Training Squadron; and Capt. Kyele Bridel, instructor pilot with the 33rd Flying Training Squadron; smile in front of one of the planes the campers got the chance to fly at Air Camp. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Alyssa Letts)

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Air Camp

1st Lt. Anne-Marie Czyznik, an instructor pilot in the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, teaches students how to prepare a flight plan using a sectional chart. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Alyssa Letts)

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Air Camp

At the end of the 10-hour day camp, the Vance pilots pinned each of the students with wings for completing the four modules. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Alyssa Letts)

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Air Camp

Volunteers from Vance Air Force Base and Women in Defense helped make the Air Camp event even more successful. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Alyssa Letts)

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Air Force Ball

Maj. Gen. Timothy Zadalis was the guest speaker at the 70th Anniversary Air Force Community Ball Sept. 16, in Enid, Oklahoma. Zadalis began his Air Force career in 1984 as a student in specialized undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Zachary Heal)

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Air Force birthday

The sky is never the limit. It never has been, never will be. (Photo illustration/ Airman 1st Class Cameron Schultz)

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Air Force birthday

With guidance from Col. Chris Nowland, left, Airman Basic Shakon Smith cuts the cake Sept. 18 to celebrate the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd birthday during a ceremony in the atrium of Bldg. 500 at Vance AFB, Okla. Colonel Nowland is the 71st Flying Training Wing commander. Airman Smith, the newest member of the Air Force at Vance, enlisted March 29 this year. She is from Cordele, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Angie Roche)

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Air Force Birthday cake cutting

Retired Gen. Ronald Fogleman, the Air Force Chief of Staff from October 1994 to August 1997, and Airman 1st Class Danica Gendron, cut the ceremonial cake at the Vance Air Force Base Birthday Ball at Oakwood Country Club in Enid, Oklahoma, Sept. 25. Gendron, a 71st Comptroller Squadron customer service technician and the youngest Airman present, cut the cake first and Fogleman, the oldest Airman present cut the cake second. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Air Force Diagnostic Imaging NCO of Year

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cassandra Caballero is a diagnostic imaging technician with the 71st Medical Group, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. She earned the U.S. Air Force Diagnostic Imaging NCO of the Year award for 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christopher Ornelas Jr.)

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Air Force has history lessons

Colonel Chris Nowland, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, and Col. Richard Murphy, vice commander, find humor in the journey of discovery made by officers awaiting Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Ten second lieutenants are working with Chad Chambers, audio visual specialist, to create a new graduation dinner video about the adventures of pilot training.

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Air Force officials release uniform board results, focus on current inventory

Air Force officials here have released the results of the 98th Virtual Uniform Board. While the board did not introduce new uniforms, the majority of the uniform-wear policy results improved upon existing uniforms. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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Air Force, Army leaders discuss new UAS concept of operations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems contractors refuel a MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., in June. Air Force officials announced a two-pronged approach to address the need for pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cheung)

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Air Force's 63rd Birthday

A slice above the rest, Col. Roger Witek, the 71st Flying Training Wing vice commander, and Airman George Peters, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, cut a cake together to commemorate the Air Force's 63rd birthday at the Vance Collocated Club Sept. 17. The two Airmen represent the highest and lowest ranking members on the base.(Air Force photo/Senior Airman Wes Carter)

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Air Force's first 'Spouse Space'

Base and Air Force Association officials cut the grand-opening ribbon on the Air Force’s first Spouse Space, Oct. 12, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Spouse Space gives Team Vance spouses a place to work, study and connect. In addition to a physical space, the concept also addresses the isolation that often comes with remote work. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Air traffic awards

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Staff Sgt. Ashley McGill, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, stands outside the air traffic control tower on the flight line, March 11. McGill is the Air Education and Training Command Air Traffic Control Controller of the Year for 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Air traffic awards

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Robert Ochs, the 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic control manager, stands in the control room inside the radar approach control building March 12. Ochs is the Air Education and Training Command Air Traffic Control Manager of the Year for 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Air traffic awards

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Capt. Leroy Jackson, from the 71st Operations Support Squadron and currently deployed to Southwest Asia, was selected as the Col. Derrel L. Dempsey Officer of the Year for 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo / Terry Wasson)

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Air Traffic Control Manager of the Year

Robert Ochs was recently named the Air Traffic Control Manager of the Year for the U.S. Air Force. Ochs, a retired Air Force air traffic controller, is the Assistant Air Traffic Manager at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Aircraft crash team receives T-6 training

(Photo by Brian Rochester) The Vance Aircraft Crash Recovery Team lifts a T-6 Texan II aircraft during initial training Feb. 4. The team is preparing for the arrival of the T-6 later this year.

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