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BX gets new manager, vision

(Photo by Frank McIntyre) A student pilot looks at an entertainment display at the Vance Base Exchange Tuesday. The new BX manager is looking for feedback from customers to use in improving the exchange.

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BX sign

The Vance Exchange has remained open throughout the government shutdown. Government civilian paychecks and PCS moves have not fared as well. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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By Lt. Col. Dwain Kuehl

Lt. Col. Dwain Kuehl, 5th Flying Training Squadron commander

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By Lt. Col. William Browne

Lt. Col. William Browne, 25th Flying Training Squadron commander

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Byrge

Airman 1st Class Jennifer Byrge

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C-17 on parking ramp

A C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from Charleston AFB, S.C., sits on the ramp of the earthquake damaged Port au Prince airport. Tech. Sgt. Kyle Boles, a flight safety NCO at Vance AFB, was deployed to Haiti to help with the relief supplies airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Kyle Boles)

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Cadets

Flights A and B from Class 42D stand in formation at what would become Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The photo was printed in the local newspaper in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1942. (Courtesy Photo)

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Cadets visit during CAP Week

(Photo by 1st Lt Jason Bishop) Civil Air Patrol Cadet Basic Airman Cable O’Brien pretends he’s flying during a simulator ride given by Jim Holberg, Lear Siegler simulator instructor.

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alyssa Brown, 82nd Medical Group (MDG) flight surgeon, shows Airman 1st Class Ethan Stettner, 97th MDG dental technician, how to do a needle thoracostomy on a mannequin during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. Leaders from the 97th MDG intended to utilize both medics and non-medics to safely transport injured individuals to a higher level of care facility while providing critical first aid by Tactical Combat Casualty Care and MEDIC-X training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebekah Clifford, 82nd Medical Group independent duty medical technician, packs her bag in preparation for the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. The scenario for the exercise was meant to simulate how to give life-saving care to several blast victims before air evacuation arrives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brenda Khamthingath, 97th Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering flight chief, fashions a head wrap around a patient during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. This type of wrap is common to us during Tactical Combat Casualty Care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Thorne, 71st Medical Group diagnostic and therapeutics flight chief, assists a patient during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. The real life patients were actors from the 97th Medical Group who were tasked with giving realistic responses to the Airmen assisting them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Thorne, 71st Medical Group diagnostic and therapeutics flight chief, places a tourniquet on a mannequin during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. The intent of the exercise was to identify training gaps in the comprehensive medical readiness of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alyssa Brown, 82nd Medical Group flight surgeon, explains how to write up identification cards for injured patients to Airmen during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. Participants in the exercise were a mix of medics and non-medics, to ensure all Airmen involved would receive training in life-saving skills before air evacuation can arrive. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Robert Throne, 71st Medical Group (MDG) diagnostic and therapeutics flight chief, and Staff Sgt. Rebekah Clifford, 82nd MDG independent duty medical technician, perform first aid on a mannequin during the Caduceus Spear exercise on a C-17 Globemaster III from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. The team was tasked with giving life-saving medical care to patients throughout the flight from Clinton Sherman Airfield Park to the 97th Medical Group at Altus Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

Patients are loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III before take-off during the Caduceus Spear exercise at Clinton Sherman Airfield Park, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. Once in the air, medics were charged with keeping patients alive during unregulated patient movement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)

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Caleb acepts command of ISS

Maj. Shannon Caleb, right, the 71st Installation Support Squadron commander, accepts the 71st ISS guidon from Col. Dwayne Lahaye, the 71st Mission Support Group commander, during a Re-designation Ceremony Sept. 18 at the Vance Collocated Club. Caleb was the commander of the 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron, which was combined with the 71st Communications Flight and re-designated the 71st ISS. (U.S. Air Force photo / 2nd Lt. Mikhail Berlin)

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Camp Tomahawk

Boys attending Camp Tomahawk jump into the Plains Pool at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Camp Tomahawk is a free summer camp for children in the local area. Donations to support the camp’s activities come from local businesses acquired by the Enid Chamber of Commerce. This is the 40th year Vance has hosted the camp and supplied volunteers to act as camp counselors for the children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Camp Tomahawk

Last year, local area boys and girls attended Camp Tomahawk, spending a week touring Vance Air Force Base and visiting Oklahoma attractions. Twenty boys and 20 girls will join Team Vance this June for Camp Tomahawk 2016. The camp is a joint venture between Team Vance and the Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Camp Tomahawk

Enid Mayor Bill Shewey, left, discusses the fine art of making s’mores with Sarina Wilcox, one of 27 campers attending Camp Tomahawk, a free two-week summer camp for local children ages 9-11, held June 3-14, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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