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Carefully cleaning combine teeth

Carrier Okla. mayor Kim Ford (left) observes as debris is removed from the shears of a combine. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan)

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Moving with precision

A Minnesota harvesting team member operates a 9770 John Deere combine equiped with controls and instrumentation displaying land pitch and height variations, crop thickness, weather and speed data, ensuring that the wheat is harvested in the most clean and efficient manner possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan)

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MSgt Reginald Booker

Master Sgt. Reginald Booker is the NCO in charge of transportation and the first sergeant of the 2008 Tops in Blue entertainment group. His wife, Ada Booker, is the Non-appropriated Funds Human Resources Officer at Vance AFB in Enid, Okla. Tops in Blue performed June 29 at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center in Enid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles)

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Tops in Blue in Enid-3

Maj. Darin Gibbs, commander of the 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Vance AFB, Okla., is doing his best Sonny imitation next to "Cher," a Tops in Blue performer, during the June 29 tour stop at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center in Enid, Okla. Tops in Blue is the U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment group and has been performing around the world for 55 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bob Farrell)

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From wheat to eat

Debris goes flying as a crop is harvested by a combine in Carrier, Okla. The grain is transported by truck to a grain elevator, where it is shipped to other processing destinations before reaching consumers. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan)

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Tops in Blue in Enid-2

Tops in Blue belts out one of several country-western songs during their June 29 performance at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center in Enid, Okla. Tops in Blue is the U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment group and has been performing around the world for 55 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bob Farrell)

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Mayor Ford

Mayor Kim Ford of Carrier, Okla. harvests his winter wheat crop with the assistance of his wife Goerge Ann and a harvest team from Minnesota. Vance T-38 Talons fly over Carrier as part of routine training missions. (Courtesy photo by George Ann Ford)

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Tops in Blue in Enid

Tops in Blue, the U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment group, performs at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center, June 29, in Enid, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bob Farrell)

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Harvesting fields of gold

Second Lieutenant Agneta Murnan, 71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs chief, rides in a 9770 John Deere combine as part of an impromptu base-community exchange. (Courtesy photo by George Ann Ford)

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Col Richard Murphy

Col Richard Murphy Vice Commander 71st Flying Training Wing Vance AFB, Okla

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Silver Talon Spotlight

Airman 1st Class Joshua A. Lewis

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Little man with a microphone

Erik Lewis Jr., makes free-style use of the microphone during the audience karaoke portion of the Focus 5/6 Star Search talent contest held June 20 at Club Vance. Erik is the son of Master Sgt. Melissa Lewis, 71st Force Support Squadron at Vance. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruby Barrington)

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Harmonica man

Kyle Rowland’s improvisational blues on the harmonica earned him first place in the 18-and-over category at the Focus 5/6 Star Search talent contest June 20 at Club Vance. Kyle is the cousin of Tech. Sgt. Joshua Kovanda, 71st Medical Group at Vance. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruby Barrington)

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Father and son

Tech Sgt. Lei Kaauamo, 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron, and his son, Kekailoa, participate in the audience karaoke part of the Focus 5/6 Star Search talent contest held June 20 at Club Vance. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruby Barrington)

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First place trophy winner

Brittany Lostetter shows off the first-place trophy she won in the under-18 category at the Focus 5/6 Star Search talent contest June 20 at Club Vance. Brittany, the daughter of Lt. Col. Vincent Lostetter at Vance, sang “You Don’t Know Who I Am.” (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruby Barrington)

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8th FTS changes command -- 2

Air Force Col. Douglas E. Troyer, left, 71st Operations Group commander, gives the 8th Flying Training Squadron guidon to the squadron’s new commander, Navy Cmdr. Roger L. Curry, during a change of command ceremony, June 20, at Vance AFB, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry Wasson)

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8th FTS changes command

Air Force Lt. Col. Neil E. Woods, left, and Navy Cmdr. Roger L. Curry, have a quiet moment during their change of command ceremony, June 20, at Vance AFB, Okla. Colonel Woods relinquished command of the 8th Flying Training Squadron to Commander Curry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry Wasson)

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MSgt LaRisa Toy selected for promotion to senior master sgt.

Master Sgt. LaRisa Toy is on the senior master sergeant supplemental promotion list and will sew on July 1. She was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, during the regular testing cycle. After returning home to Vance AFB, she scored well enough to be selected for her eighth stripe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles)

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Remembering flight training in 1955

Albert Nichols, a member of Class 55-Q, describes the importance of the memorial plaque 55-Q presented to Vance Air Force Base during a ceremony held June 12 at the base air park. Mr. Nichols is one of 84 members of 55-Q who received multi-engine training at Vance during the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry Wasson)

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Unveiling 55-Q’s memorial plaque

Albert Nichols, a member of Class 55-Q, left, and Col. Richard A. Klumpp Jr., 71st Flying Training Wing commander, unveil a memorial plaque during a ceremony held June 12 here. The plaque contains the names of all 84 members of 55-Q who received multi-engine training in the TB-25 at Vance Air Force Base in 1955. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe B. Wiles)

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