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Commander in chief visits Vance

President Bush meets with Enid Mayor Ernie Currier and his wife Debbie upon his arrival at Vance Air Force Base.(Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Commander in chief visits Vance

The nation’s 43rd president visited Vance Air Force Base Saturday. He flew F-102 aircraft with the 147th Fighter Wing, 111th Fighter Squadron, Texas Air National Guard. President Bush served in the Texas Air National Guard as a fighter pilot from 1970 to 1972. (Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Commander in chief visits Vance

The president shakes a few hands of Team Vance family members during his visit.(Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Commander in chief visits Vance

President Bush waves to onlookers as he boards Marine One to speak at Oklahoma State University.(Photo by Terry Wasson)

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Commander pin on

Lindsay Peterson, right, wife of the new 71st Comptroller Squadron commander, Maj. Steven Peterson, pins on her husband’s commander insignia during a change-of-command ceremony held June 16 in the Vance Club at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Taylor Crul)

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Commander’s fitness test

(Photo by SrA Amanda Mills) Col Mike Callan, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, performs his push ups as Lt Col Miles Crowell, 71st Operations Group deputy commander, counts and Adam Sloat, Health and Wellness center, evaluates Tuesday at the fitness center. Several commanders gathered to take the new Air Force fitness test.

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Commander’s Trophy Award

Col. Bryan Benson, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, presents the Commander’s Trophy to Lt. Col. Nathan Hill, 25th Flying Training Squadron who accepted the award on behalf of the 25th FTS. The Commander’s Trophy is awarded to the squadron with the highest accumulated point total from intramural sports competition throughout the year. The Shooters broke a four-year run by the 32nd FTS to reclaim the trophy they last held in 2000.(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills)

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Commander's 5K

Vance Airmen are getting ready for the Commander's 5K Run, set to take place 9 a.m. Oct. 25.

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Commander's 5K

Lt. Col. Vincent Lostetter, 71st Operations Support Squadron commander, and his son Nicholas cross the finish line at the Commander’s 5K Nov. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Elaine Johns)

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Commander's 5K

Commander’s 5K division winners smile following the run Nov. 1. Back row (from left): Rhonda Patton (31:30), 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan (21:59), Maj. Jason Smith (18:18), Master Sgt. Troy Crowell (17:19), Lt. Col. Neil Woods (19:17), and 1st Lt. Chris Behrens (17:35). Front Row (from left): 2nd Lt. Kim Brady (21:23), Andrea St. Clair (21:01), Rhonda Farrington (28:48), Maj. Randall Schmedhorst (19:17), 1st Lt. Matthew Gjertsen (19:46) and Col. Jennifer Graham (25:51). (U.S. Air Force photo by Elaine Johns)

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Commander's Call

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Col. Clark Quinn, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, briefs Vance Airmen July 29 in the Armed Forces Reserve Center during his first wing commander's call since joining Team Vance. Quinn briefed the wing on expectations and requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Terry Wasson)

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Commanders, supervisors learn to ASIST

(Photo by SrA Amanda Mills) Maj Jimmy Shaw, 32nd Flying Training Squadron, and Capt DeAnna Franks, 8th FTS, role play during the ASIST program Tuesday at the Community Chapel Activity Center.

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Commentary -- 71SFS/CC

Maj. Christopher Jackson, 71st Security Forces Squadron commander

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Commissary scholarship

Katie Vosler, center, accepts a $2,000 college scholarship from Col. Dwayne LaHaye, left, the 71st Mission Support Group commander, and Sheila Gilbert, the director of the Vance Air Force Base Commissary, during a brief ceremony at the Commissary June 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)

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Common Immersive Training Device

Gen. Mike Minihan, the commander of Air Mobility Command, flies a Common Immersive Training Device as part of his visit to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 26. ITDs are a standard part of pilot training, and an integral part of Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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Community attends AF show

(Photo by Frank McIntyre) Tops in Blue, the Air Force’s premier entertainment group, performed the 2003-2004 “Soaring with Eagles: 50 Years of Tops in Blue” show Saturday at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center. More than 3,500 people attended the event.

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Community salutes Vance enlisted

George Pankonin and Richard Johndrow, Enlisted Appreciation Night Committee co-chairmen, select a prize for the event from the base exchange. This year’s event begins at 5:30 p.m. April 29.(Photo by Frank McIntyre)

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Comptroller change of command

Maj. Tina Nguyen, right, accepts command of the 71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron from Col. Richard Murphy, 71st Flying Training Wing vice commander, during a ceremony held June 12 at the Vance Collocated Club. Major Nguyen comes to Vance from Randolph AFB, Texas, where she served as the chief of Air Education and Training Command’s account and funds control. She replaced Maj. Neal Monroe who was reassigned to Osan AB, Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Chambers)

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Comptroller change of command

Maj. Trista Smalenberger, right, accepts the guidon and command of the 71st Comptroller Squadron from Col. Darrell Judy, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, during a ceremony held June 28 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)

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Comptroller squadron holds honorary CoC

(Photo by Bob Farrell) Kip Miles, 2004 71st Comptroller Squadron honorary commander, accepts a memento from Maj. Mike Wilson, 71st CPTS commander, during the squadron’s honorary change of command ceremony Tuesday.

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