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Vance instructors at Youth Open House

From left, 1st Lt. Christi Thorstenson, 25th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot; 1st Lt. Jordan Routt, 3rd Flying Training Squadron IP; Capt. Ashley Kneller, 3rd FTS IP; and 1st Lt. Adrienne DeBauche, 25th FTS IP; represented Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, at the Women in Aviation Youth Open House March 7-13 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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Future pilot checks out a T-38

1st Lt. Adrienne DeBauche, 25th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot from Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, answers questions about the T-38C Talon for a young attendee at the Women in Aviation Youth Open House held March 7-13 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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Vance ATC all-female leadership team

An all-female leadership team helps control the sky over Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where Air Force pilots receive their initial flight training. The members of the 71st Operations Support Squadron are, from left, Master Sgt. Bianca Jakeman, chief controller of the radar approach control; Capt. Mackenzie Wamhoff, airfield operations flight commander; and Master Sgts. Katelyn Moore and Kristen Betz, chief controllers of the tower. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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Earl Simpson, a volunteer income tax assistant, prepares a tax form Dec. 16, 2021, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, for the upcoming tax season. The VITA program was designed to help low-income families file free state and federal taxes. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Kathy Duran)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Usher, 71st Security Forces Squadron commander, rests his helmet as he secures his plane at Vance Air Force Base, June 2, 2020. Usher is in charge of the safety and security of the base and maintaining proficiency as a pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erik Cardenas)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Usher, 71st Security Forces Squadron commander, stands in front of his aircraft at Vance Air Force Base, June 2, 2020. Usher is in charge of the safety and security of the base while maintaining proficiency as a pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Erik Cardenas)

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T-6

In the past 10 months, and twice in the last few weeks, Vance Air Force Base pilots have reported lasers shining into their cockpits from various locations around Enid, Oklahoma. Lasing the cockpit can distract or cause serious injury to student pilots who already have a lot going on learning to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Pilot Wings

Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students gather to fasten pilot wings on their Iraqi Air Force classmate at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 10. After approximately a year of training, Class 17-06 students received their wings during a morning ceremony.

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