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Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Gilbert Martinez

(Photo by Frank McIntyre)
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Wanted: Forever homes for forever friends

(Photo by Frank McIntyre) Gene Robertson, Enid animal control officer, gives some individual attention to Max, one of the dogs available at Enid Animal Control. In the background is the entrance to the new facility, scheduled to open next month.
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5th FTS command changes hands

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Col. Robert Williamsen, 340th Flying Training Group commander, passes command of the 5th Flying Training Squadron to Lt. Col. Dan Crawford at the 5th FTS change of command ceremony Thursday.
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Check it out

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah) Stan Nowak, Computer Sciences Corporation lead quality monitor, and Tech. Sgt. Keith Jackson, Air Education and Training Command Maintenance Standard-ization and Evaluation Team member, review a list of defer items for parts Tuesday. The AETC MSET evaluated maintenance on Vance Monday through today.
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Celebrate women’s equality

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Retired Air Force Col. Charles McGee, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen and a veteran of three wars, meets 2nd Lt. Christina Allick, a graduate of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 00-07 and Vance’s first female African-American JSUPT graduate selected for fighter duty.
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Celebrate women’s equality

(Photo by Master Sgt. Alfred Gerloff Jr.) From left to right, Staff Sgt. Josie Harshe, flight engineer; Capt. Anita Mack, navigator; 1st Lt. Siobhan Couturier, pilot; Capt. Carol Mitchell, aircraft commander; and loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Sigrid Carrero-Perez and Senior Airman Ci Ci Alonzo, pause in the cargo bay of their C-130 for a group photo following their historic flight.
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Warrior of the Week: Andy Shelton

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Readiness is No. 1 job of U.S. military forces

(Courtesy photo) Major Joseph (front) fires with other Airmen on a firing range in Iraq in 2004.
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19th AF commander visits Vance

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Master Sgt. Lee Phillips, career assistance adviser, explains a mural in the first term Airmen’s center to Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers (left), 19th Air Force commander, during his visit to Vance Air Force Base Aug. 9 to 11. This was General Rogers’ first visit to Vance as the 19th AF commander.
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19th AF commander visits Vance

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers, 19th Air Force commander, greets members of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 06-13. General Rogers was the guest speaker for the graduation ceremony held on Aug. 11.
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Warrior of the Week: Navy Lt. Kurt Bair

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah)
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Oklahoma citizens tour other AF bases

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah) Master Sgt. Spencer Parker, 71st Flying Training Wing military equal opportunity superintendent, converses with Senior Airman Renata Garcia, 71st Flying Training Wing military personnel flight customer service representative. Part of Sergeant Parker's duty is to determine the human relations climate in base units.
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Oklahoma citizens tour other AF bases

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) Staff Sgt. Carlos Colon Otero, 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, gives an overview of the F-22A Raptor cockpit to Jerald Gilbert, chief financial officer for the city of Enid. Twenty-six civilian business professionals, educators and politicians took the two-day trip to get a bigger view of the AETC and Air Force missions.
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Final sim sortie

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah) Don Hardin, Lear Siegler Incorporated simulator instructor, and 2nd Lt. Robert Harms, Class 07-08 student, complete the final T-37 simulator sortie at Vance Wednesday. The T-37 is transitioning out as it is being replaced by the T-6. The flight was also the final one for Mr. Hardin, who is retiring after seven years as a sim instructor.
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General Rogers visits

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah) Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers, 19th Air Force commander, greets and congratulates Vance Air Force Base 2005-2006 award winners Thursday. General Rogers, his wife Deb and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana, 19th AF command chief, visited Vance Thursday and today.
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Warrior of the Week: Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Belair

Photo by 1st Lt. Nicole Poff
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Council changes centers’ hours

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah) Lynn Mitzel, child development center toddler caregiver, blows bubbles for the toddlers to pop.
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Governor visits

(Photo by Terry Wasson) Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry visited Enid, Okla., and Vance Air Force Base July 27 for the official opening of Gott Road at Southgate Road. Col. Bryan Benson, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, also spoke at the ceremony. Gott Road will become the new entry for Vance when the main gate moves to Southgate.
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Network upgrade = faster speed, no tickets

Tony Sheets, Computer Sciences Corporation senior systems administrator, runs a diagnostics program on a switch that will be used as part of the Aug. 12 and 13 upgrade of the base network. The upgrade will result in a four- times faster transfer of data on the local area network.(Photo by Frank McIntyre)
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Network upgrade = faster speed, no tickets

Mike Armour, Computer Science Corporation network analyst, adds a connection one of the new network switchs. This switch is the first of four to be installed on-base as part of a computer network upgrade. This first one was installed Monday in the network control center as a pilot for the complete upgrade that will take place Aug. 12 and 13.(Photo by Frank McIntyre)
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