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Team Vance partners with Enid for Camp Tomahawk

The boys of Camp Tomahawk and the several of the Airmen who spent the week with them pose for a photo June 5 in front of the A-26 Invader static display at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Thirty-eight children participated in this year’s camp which was hosted by Team Vance and sponsored by the Enid Chamber of Commerce. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech Sgt. James Bolinger)
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Team Vance partners with Enid for Camp Tomahawk

Vance Air Force Base volunteers follow a group of girls into the mouth of Alabaster Caverns State Park, near Freedom, Oklahoma, June 11. Approximately 60 Airmen supported Camp Tomahawk, a two-week summer camp for underprivileged youth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)
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Team Vance partners with Enid for Camp Tomahawk

1st Lt. Rocque Gartland, a 3rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, plays sharks and minnows with children from the “girl’s week” of Camp Tomahawk June 8 in the pool at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Team Vance has worked with the Enid Chamber of Commerce to provide a summer camp for children for the past 25 years. (U.S. Air Force photo / 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump)
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Enid High grad earns $2,000 DECA scholarship

Mariah Wagner (center) holds a certificate for a $2,000 scholarship from the Defense Commissary Agency that was presented June 18 in the Vance Air Force Base Commissary by Sheila Gilbert, the Vance Commissary director, and Col. Christopher Daniels, the 71st Mission Support Group commander. Wagner is the daughter of a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and just completed her second year at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)
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Brig. Gen. Guastella addresses JSUPT 15-10 graduates

Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, the deputy director for requirements (J8), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, greets Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-10 graduates at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 12. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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Brig. Gen. Guastella addresses JSUPT 15-10 graduates

Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, the deputy director for requirements (J8), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, speaks at the Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-10 graduation at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 12. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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8th FTS gets new commander

Lt. Col. Bryan Elder accepts the 8th Flying Training Squadron guidon from Col. John Cinnamon, the 71st Operations Group commander, during a change-of-command ceremony June 12 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Elder assumed command from Lt. Col. Troy Henderson. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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3rd FTS gets new commander

Lt. Col. Michael Maksimowicz accepts the 3rd Flying Training Squadron guidon from Col. John Cinnamon, the 71st Operations Group commander, during a change-of-command ceremony June 11 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Masksimowicz took the reins from Lt. Col. Sean Martin. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Poe)
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Are you ready to transition out of your uniform?

Lt. Col. Sean Martin, 3rd Flying Training Squadron commander, poses for his official photo July 29, 2013. (courtesy photo)
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Instructor discusses self defense techniques

2nd Lt. Isabel Crump instructs students during an installment of "My Body... My Life" at the Community Chapel Activity Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 28. Crump is one of several Vance Airmen qualified to teach the comprehensive course. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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Practicing a hold during self defense class

Maj. Sara Linck practices a hold during an installment of "My Body... My Life..." at the Community Chapel Activity Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 28. The course is designed to empower women "through awareness, education, violence prevention, and self-defense techniques." (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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Student fights off attacker

Camy Shearon fights off a suited instructor during an installment of "My Body... My Life…" at the Community Chapel Activity Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 28. The course is designed to empower women "through awareness, education, violence prevention, and self-defense techniques." (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
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71st MDSS commander

Lt. Col. Elijio J. Venegas Jr. 71st Medical Support Squadron commander
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Flight of Dreams

Airman 1st Class Caitlin Niemann, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, explains to a group of Enid fifth-graders how she and her fellow Airmen direct student pilots safely via the air traffic control tower, May 7. The students were here from Hayes Elementary School for the 5th Flying Training Squadron’s Flight of Dreams tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Frank Casciotta)
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Bartels

Capt. Chandra Fleming, a 75th Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot flying out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, and her brother, Senior Airman Michael Bartel, a 71st Operation Support Squadron air traffic controller, share a moment in front of Fleming’s A-10 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 1. The previous afternoon, Bartel, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller stationed at Vance, directed his sister into local airspace and gave her approach clearance. (U.S. Air Force photo / 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump)
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Vance UEI

No more are Airmen at Vance “painting the grass green” in preparation for an inspection or visit from higher headquarters. In fact, the 65 Air Education and Training Command inspectors who will visit the base May 11-18 are part of a capstone event called a Unit Effectiveness Inspection during which AETC inspectors will look into Vance’s ability to align mission readiness with inspection readiness. (U.S. Air Force illustration by 2nd Lt. Mikhail Berlin)
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Airman Leadership School honors graduates

Senior Airman Jeremy Kalik-Underwood, from the 71st Operations Support Squadron, is presented the John L. Levitow Award by Command Chief Master Sgt. Peter Speen, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief, and Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger, the 71st FTW Public Affairs Office NCO in-charge, March 25 during the first-ever Airman Leadership School graduation at Vance in the Vance Collocated Club. Bolinger was representing the Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 990 who sponsored the award. (U.S. Air Force photo\2nd Lt. Isabel Crump)
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Airman Leadership School honors graduates

71st Flying Training Wing leadership stands with the graduates of Vance’s first-ever Airman Leadership School class during a ceremony March 25 at the Vance Collocated Club. Fifteen Vance Airmen graduated the course, which is the first step to becoming front-line supervisors. (U.S. Air Force photo\Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)
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Airman Leadership School honors graduates

Senior Airman Alisha Jones, from the 71st Operations Support Squadron, is recognized as the Distinguished Graduate by Command Chief Master Sgt. Peter Speen, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief, and Master Sgt. Jon Dalton, from the 71st OSS, March 25 during the first-ever Airman Leadership School graduation at Vance in the Vance Collocated Club. Dalton was representing the Silver Talon Top 3 who sponsored the award. (U.S. Air Force photo\ 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump)
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Airman Leadership School honors graduates

Senior Airman Anthony Marple, from the 71st Operation Support Squadron receives the Academic Award from members of the Vance Chief’s Group March 25 during the first-ever Airman Leadership School graduation at Vance in the Vance Collocated Club. Representing the Chief’s Group were (left to right) Chief Master Sgt. Bruce McPherson, 71st Security Forces Squadron, Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith, 71st Mission Support Group, Command Chief Master Sgt. Peter Speen, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Kraig Chapman, 71st OSS. (U.S. Air Force photo\ 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump)
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