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Base Christmas Tree lights up the plains

Chaplain (Maj.) Randall Groves, the Base Chaplain, thanks children from Eisenhower Elementary and their parents for joining Col. James Lackey, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, and the Base Chapel staff for the Base Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Base Christmas Tree lights up the plains

Students from Eisenhower Elementary sing Christmas carols for their families during the Base Christmas Tree lighting Dec. 7. The lighting of the base tree is an annual event and Eisenhower students sing carols every year. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Team Vance boasts AETC weather SNCO of the year for Army support

Master Sgt. Richard Lawson II, the 71st Operations Support Squadron chief of weather station support at Vance Air Force Base, stands in front of weather-monitoring equipment at Building 155. Lawson is the Air Education and Training Command’s Senior NCO of the year for Army Support. (U.S. Air Force photo / 2nd Lt. Hailey Schroeder)

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Vance retires two working dogs in joint ceremony

Master Sgt. Matthew Bowling, the operations superintendent with the 71st Security Forces Squadron, pins an Air Force Achievement Medal onto military working dog Samo during the pup’s retirement ceremony Nov. 10 in the Base Auditorium. Samo enlisted in the Air Force in May 2007 and has deployed three times. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Vance retires two working dogs in joint ceremony

Master Sgt. Matthew Bowling (right), the 71st Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, passes the leash of military working dog Samo to Tech. Sgt. Shawn Brunzdo, the 71st SFS kennel master, during Samo’s retirement ceremony Nov. 10 in the Base Auditorium. Brundzo, one of the dog’s prior handlers, adopted Samo. Military Working Dog handlers are afforded the opportunity to adopt their partners upon the dog’s retirement. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Vance retires two working dogs in joint ceremony

Staff Sgt. Scott Hunt, a 71st Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, pins an Air Force Achievement Medal onto military working dog Maxik during the pup’s retirement ceremony Nov. 10 in the Base Auditorium. Maxik served seven years of distinguished service in the U.S. Air Force with two deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Vance retires two working dogs in joint ceremony

Staff Sgt. Scott Hunt (right), a 71st Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, passes the leash of military working dog Maxik to Staff Sgt. Marshall Rains, Maxik’s previous handler, during the dog’s retirement ceremony Nov. 10 in the Base Auditorium. Rains served two years with Maxik and adopted him after the retirement. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Operation Cookie Cutter churns out 1,600 sweet treats

Volunteers from Team Vance prepare care packages Nov. 17 at the Community Chapel Activities Center at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. There were 22 boxes filled with assorted cookies and holiday greeting cards for deployed members from Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Operation Cookie Cutter churns out 1,600 sweet treats

Airman 1st Class Caitlin Niemann (right), Airman 1st Class Nicole Johnson (center), both with the 71st Operations Support Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Amy Snyder, the Airman & Family Readiness Center readiness NCO, prepare care packages Nov. 17 at the Community Chapel Activities Center at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. There were 22 boxes filled with assorted cookies and holiday greeting cards for deployed members from Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Operation Cookie Cutter churns out 1,600 sweet treats

Airman 1st Class Nicole Johnson, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, places copies of the local newspaper, the Air Scoop, into holiday care packages Nov. 17 at the Community Chapel Activities Center at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. There were 22 boxes filled with assorted cookies and holiday greeting cards for deployed members from Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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A1C Wyaco

Airman 1st Class Jared Wyaco, 71st Medical Operations Squadron

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New boilers

A workman from BASCO Group, the contractor for the boiler replacement project, installs insulation onto the pipes of the new boiler in building 672, Oct. 15. During energy action month, new high-efficiency boilers were installed in some of the buildings at Vance. (U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Col Benford

Col. Kirsten Benford 71st Medical Group commander

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New boilers

During energy action month, new high-efficiency boilers were installed in some of the buildings at Vance. These boilers increased energy efficiency by 23 percent. (U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Pilot for a Day

Damon Journey and his family (center) join 8th Flying Training Squadron cadre on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 15. Journey was a guest of the 8th FTS as a Pilot for a Day. (U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Pilot for a Day

Damon Journey at the controls of a T-1 simulator at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 15. The teenage flight fan was a special guest of the 8th Flying Training Squadron and Team Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/ David Poe)

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Pilot for a Day

Damon Journey and 2nd Lt. David Goode on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 15. Journey was a guest of the 8th Flying Training Squadron and Team Vance as part of the Pilot for a Day program. (U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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STUS commander

Lt. Col. Scott Linck, 71st Student Squadron commander

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Master sergeant runs 100 miles

Master Sgt. Torry Brittain crosses the Illinois River in the final stretches of a 100-mile ultramarathon at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Oct. 18. "Running has taught me that I'm capable of more," he said in an Oct. 15 story at www.vance.af.mil. "Life would be very boring without challenges and I want to see where I stack up." (U.S. Air Force photo/ David Poe)

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Master sergeant runs 100 miles

Tech. Sgt. Denarius Brittain (right) and her husband, Master Sgt. Torry Brittain, celebrate together at the finish line of the Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd, an ultramarathon at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Oct. 18. The pair broke personal running records this weekend with Denarius finishing her first 50K and Torry completing an arduous 100-mile, 29-hour endurance test. (U.S. Air Force photo/ David Poe)

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