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Operation Cookie Cutter

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Jack Cinnamon, son of Col. John Cinnamon, the 71st Operations Group commander, pulls out freshly-baked cookies from and oven during Operation Cookie Cutter in the Community Chapel Activity Center Nov. 14. For more than 20 years, members of Team Vance have mailed cookies and other sweets to deployed Vance Airmen. Twenty-two boxes filled with about 150 cookies each will make their way to Team Vance’s deployed warriors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Operation Cookie Cutter

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Marjorie Begue, the wife of 2nd Lt. Alex Begue, a 71st Student Squadron student pilot; places letters made by local children in boxes being sent to Team Vance Airmen during Operation Cookie Cutter in the Community Chapel Activity Center Nov. 14. For more than 20 years, Team Vance has sent cookies and other sweets to deployed Vance members. Twenty-two boxes filled with about 150 cookies each will make their way to Team Vance’s deployed warriors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Airman's Attic

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- 1st Lt. Kathrine Thompson, a 71st Mission Support Group executive officer, digs through a box of uniform ranks in the Airman’s Attic Nov. 12. The Airman’s Attic provides free clothes, kitchenware, childcare items and electronics for Airmen ranks E-1 through E-5. Officers are welcome to the Airman’s Attic as well, but they are limited to the uniform section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Airman's Attic

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Elaine McPherson, the Airman’s Attic liaison, stands in the uniform section of the Airman’s Attic Nov. 12. McPherson is the lead volunteer at the Airman’s Attic, which provides free clothes, kitchenware, childcare items and electronics for Airmen ranks E-1 through E-5. Officers are welcome to the Airman’s Attic as well, but they are limited to the uniform section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Airman's Attic

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Staff Sgt. Michelle Anthony, a budget analyst with the 71st Comptroller Squadron, looks through uniforms at the Airman’s Attic Nov. 12. The Airman’s Attic provides free clothes, kitchenware, childcare items and electronics for Airmen ranks E-1 through E-5. Officers are welcome to the Airman’s Attic as well, but they are limited to the uniform section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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SFS change of command

Col. Christopher Daniels (left), the 71st Mission Support Group commander, passes the 71st Security Forces Squadron guidon to Capt. Christopher Jackson during a change-of-command ceremony at the Vance Collocated Club Nov. 10. Jackson joined Team Vance after a tour as the deputy chief, Contingency and Future Operations, United States Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Terry Wasson)

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Airman of the Month

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Airman 1st Class Graham Davis, a 71st Flying Training Wing Judge Advocate Office paralegal, stands in front of legal reference books in his office, Nov. 10. Davis is the 71st FTW Airman of the Month for October. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Ross Perot meets Vance Honor Guard

Senior Airman Christina Sullivan, Senior Airman Ray Greene, Senior Airman Calvin Erkens and Airman 1st Class Chelan Carr pose with former presidential candidate Ross Perot Nov. 8 at the Oklahoma Tower Hotel in Oklahoma City. The Silver Talon Honor Guard members performed a prisoner-of-war and missing-in-action table ceremony at the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame announced its 2014 class of inductees. (Courtesy photo)

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Ross Perot meets Vance Honor Guard

Airmen from the Vance Silver Talon Honor Guard render a salute during a prisoner-of-war and missing-in-action table ceremony at the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame 2014 class induction at the Oklahoma Tower Hotel in Oklahoma City Nov. 8. (Courtesy photo)

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Faithful to a proud heritage

2nd Lt. Duane G. Sweeney, a B-17G pilot in World War II, died Dec. 30, 1944, when his plane iced up over the North Sea en route to a bombing mission in Germany. Sweeney is the uncle of Lt. Col. Jodi Riley, the 71st Force Support Squadron commander at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Courtesy Photo)

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Faithful to a proud heritage

2nd Lt. Duane G. Sweeney, a B-17G pilot in World War II, died Dec. 30, 1944, when his plane iced up over the North Sea en route to a bombing mission in Germany. Sweeney is the uncle of Lt. Col. Jodi Riley, the 71st Force Support Squadron commander at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Courtesy Photo)

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Faithful to a proud heritage

2nd Lt. Duane G. Sweeney, a B-17G pilot in World War II, died Dec. 30, 1944, when his plane iced up over the North Sea en route to a bombing mission in Germany. Sweeney is the uncle of Lt. Col. Jodi Riley, the 71st Force Support Squadron commander at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Courtesy Photo)

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New T-38 static at Vance Airpark

Members from the aircraft maintenance section, place a T-38 Talon at the base airpark near the main gate entrance Nov. 1 to be displayed as a static at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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New T-38 static at Vance Airpark

Members of the aircraft maintenance section, help move a T-38 Talon Nov. 1 out of the Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma west gate and transport it to the main gate to be displayed as a static. The T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to the base airpark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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New T-38 static at Vance Airpark

Andy Swanner and Marty Quinn, members of the aircraft maintenance section, help move a T-38 Talon Nov. 1 out of the Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma west gate and transport it to the main gate to be displayed as a static. The T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to the base airpark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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New T-38 static at Vance Airpark

Members from the aircraft maintenance section, place a T-38 Talon at the base airpark near the main gate entrance Nov. 1 to be displayed as a static at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This T-38 came to Vance from Warner Robins, AFB, Georgia. Members from the Enid community donated funds to bring the plane to Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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Lt. Col. Mark Lyons, flight simulator

Lt. Col. Mark Lyons, a 5th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, sits in a T-1A Jayhawk flight simulator. As part of the Energy Analysis Task Force, Lyons is teaching student pilots how to fly in a more fuel-efficient manner in flight simulators. The overarching goal of this training is to create an energy-aware culture in the Air Force, specifically in the flying community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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Domestic violence awareness month

Representatives from the Enid, Young Women’s Christian Association, the Vance 71st Mental Health Element and the State District Attorney’s Office stand behind their information tables during Enid, Oklahoma’s First Friday celebration downtown Oct. 3. The Vance mental health staff were there to help educate the local community about preventing domestic violence during October, domestic violence awareness month. (Courtesy photo)

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Flu shots

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – (Left to right) Chief Master Sgt. Peter Speen, Col. John Menozzi, Col. John Cinnamon, Lt. Col. Troy Henderson and Lt. Col. Paul Vicars show off their adhesive bandages after receiving their influenza vaccinations. Flu shots and Flumist are now available to all active duty, Guard and Reserve military members, dependents and retirees at the 71st Medical Group immunizations office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon)

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New simulator projector

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Darren Bomer, a contractor with the FlightSafety Simulator Systems Division out of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, guides the new visual system for a T-6A Texan II flight simulator at the 71st Operations Group here Sept. 22. The new system called Virtual Image Takeoff and Landing XI could be flown by students in simulators as early as Oct. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)

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