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Assumption of command

Maj. Kirk Andrews presents flowers to his spouse, Ashley, during the 71st Contracting Flight assumption of command ceremony held Jan. 22 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Smith)

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Assumption of command

Maj. Kirk Andrews' commander's insignia is pinned on by his spouse, Ashley, with an assist from their daughter, during the 71st Contracting Flight assumption of command ceremony held Jan. 22 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Smith)

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Assumption of command

Maj. Kirk Andrews, right, accepts the guidon from Col. Yancey Cowen, 71st Mission Support Group commander, during the 71st Contracting Flight assumption of command ceremony held Jan. 22 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Smith)

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Assumption of command

The newly formed 71st Contracting Flight was stood up during an assumption of command ceremony Jan. 22 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Maj. Kirk Andrews, the new commander, comes to Vance from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Smith)

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Assumption of command

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Maj. L. Michelle Stringer, right, accepts command of the 71st Security Forces Squadron from Col. Jennifer Graham, 71st Mission Support Group commander, during an assumption of command ceremony July 30 at the Vance Collocated Club here. (Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Assumption of Leadership

Ms. Cecily Odom, right, assumed leadership of the 71st Communications Squadron when she accepted the unit guidon from Col. Jennifer Graham, commander of the 71st Mission Support Squadron, during a ceremony Tuesday, July 15, at Vance AFB, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry Wasson)

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Astronaut visits with youth, answers questions

Retired Air Force Col. Eileen Collins, a former astronaut from NASA and a 1979 first assignment instructor pilot at Vance AFB, Okla. takes a picture with the youth before concluding her visit there. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe Wiles)

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Astronaut visits with youth, answers questions

Retired Air Force Col. Eileen Collins, a former astronaut from NASA and a 1979 first assignment instructor pilot at Vance AFB, Okla. visits the Youth Center to talk with a young audience about her career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe Wiles)

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Astronaut visits with youth, answers questions

Retired Air Force Col. Eileen Collins, a former astronaut from NASA and a 1979 first assignment instructor pilot at Vance AFB, Okla. visits the Youth Center and discusses with the kids about her space shuttle flights using the solar system rug directly behind her.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe Wiles)

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Astronaut visits with youth, answers questions

Retired Air Force Col. Eileen Collins, a former astronaut from NASA and a 1979 first assignment instructor pilot at Vance AFB, Okla. visits the Youth Center and describes the feeling of weightlessness to a group of youth. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe Wiles)

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At home in the dark

The T-6A Texan II, a single-engine, two-seat primary trainer, is used to train undergraduate pilot training students at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Connor Brezenski)

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Athletes in action

Special Olympics volunteer Staff Sgt. Jesse Newhart, 71st Comptroller Squadron, encourages an athlete during a long-jump competition. More than 300 athletes competed during the Area 6 Special Olympics April 21 at the base fitness center track. More than 100 Team Vance volunteers assisted and cheered athletes on during the day-long competition.(Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Athletes in action

Volunteer Senior Airman Savannah Hawes, 71st Medical Group signals the start of a 100-meter race. More than 300 athletes competed during the Area 6 Special Olympics April 21 at the base fitness center track. More than 100 Team Vance volunteers assisted and cheered athletes on during the day-long competition. (Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Atop Cayambe in Ecuador

Lt. Col. David Loveless, the 71st Medical Operations Squadron commander at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during his recent climb of Cayambe, an extinct volcano that is the third highest mountain in Ecuador. In his commentary, Loveless writes about a presence -- a “third man” – that climbers in trouble often report kept them going when they were ready to give up. He suggests you can be that third man when your Wingman is in crisis. (Courtesy photo)

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Austrian C-130 pilot visits Vance Safety Office

Maj. Josef "Supa Sep" Willegger, Austrian Air Force C-130 pilot (right) visits U.S. Air Force Maj. Andy "Axl" Rose, chief of the 71st Flying Training Wing Safety office here. Maj. Josef Willegger recently completed a three month International Flight Safety Officer's Course at Kirtland Air Force Base.

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Automated External Defibrillator

Paige Terry, a registered nurse with the 71st Medical Group at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, demonstrates how to use an automated external defibrillator. Vance plans to have 37 AEDs installed and operating on base in the next two months. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Autry Tech sign for PDC

From left, Todd Anderson, Shayla Cline, Master Sgt. Tonita Sealy and Jesse Ashlock stand by the new Talon Institute sign built by Autry Technology Center staff for the Professional Development Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Zoё Perkins)

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Auxiliary airfield fulfills vital Vance flying role

(Photo by 1st Lt Lori Wise) A1C Dereck Howerton, 71st Communications Squadron, works in Kegelman’s NEXRAD tower.

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Aven Sanders, crew chief

Aven Sanders, a summer-hire crew chief with CSC Applied Technologies at Vance AFB, conducts a T-38 Talon pre-flight with Lt. Col. Patrick “Pigs” Sanders, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron -- and also Aven’s father. She had the opportunity to launch her father’s jet several times during her temporary summer job at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Joe B. Wiles)

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Aviation is a family business

Family members share the joy of new wings at the graduation ceremony for Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-06, held March 3 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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