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2nd Lt. Laura Dempster helps a student with his reading skills while working as a volunteer at Taft elementary school. (U.S. Air Force Photo)


Taft Volunteers

2nd Lt. Laura Dempster helps a student with his reading skills while working as a volunteer at Taft elementary school. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Six members of the 71st Flying Training Command Post pose for a group photo April 28. They were named the best small command post in the Air Force in April in recognition for their work ethic and responsibility.
On April 29 during Enlisted Appreciation Night, retired Maj. George Pankonin, the Chairman of the Vance Enlisted Appreciation Night Committee, presents a shadow box made for the late Mary Feighter. Mary was a long-time supporter of Enlisted Appreciation Night, and the shadow box was to be presented the night of the event. Participants recognized Mary’s support of Team Vance Enlisted Airmen with a standing ovation.
(Center) Retired Maj. George Pankonin, the Chairman of the Vance Enlisted Appreciation Night Committee, accepts a saber in recognition for his 12 years of service to the committee. George stepped down from the committee April 29 at Enlisted Appreciation Night, to pursue other volunteer and political avenues. Retired Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Aman has taken his place.
Special Olympians and their families walk during the Parade of Athletes March 22 in the Area 6 Special Olympics Track and Field Meet at Vance Air Force Base. More than 100 volunteers from the community and the base supported several hundred athletes.
The family of the late Staff Sgt. Christina Mendez, from the 71st Security Forces Squadron, and leadership from the 71st SFS stand for the National Anthem during a dedication ceremony at the Vance Air Force Base Visitor Control Center April 24. A bronze plaque dedicating the visitor center in honor of Mendez, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2016, was unveiled during the dedication which featured short speeches from Maj. Christopher Jackson, the 71st SFS commander, and Mendez’s sister.
Capt. Zach Roycroft, the 71st Operations Group’s chief of Functional Check Flight, and a T-6 Texan II instructor pilot with the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, is also a helicopter pilot. He initiated a program at Vance that helps show the fixed-wing pilots that a helicopter is awesome to fly, but hard to master. (Courtesy photo)
A team of runners from the Vance Airman & Family Readiness Center entered the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, April 30, and finished in 4 hours, 46 minutes. Team members are, from left, Angel Dominguez, Paul Williamson, Jessica Newton, Melody Pankonin and Linsey Van Ornum. (Courtesy photo)
Airman 1st Class Lashai J. Battle, center, 71st Installation Support Squadron, receives the Airman of the Quarter award from Col. Darrell Judy, left, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Eric Dugger, 71st Mission Support Group superintendent, during a ceremony held April 25 in the Vance Air Force Base auditorium. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)
A Tree City flag was presented to Col. Fred Cunningham, right, the 71st Flying Training Wing vice commander, by Mark Bays, Urban Forester with the Oklahoma Forestry Services, during a ceremony naming Vance Air Force Base a Tree City USA for the 24th year, held April 21 in the base auditorium. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)
Tech. Sgt. Scott Williams, right, receives his certificate of Air Force retirement from Lt. Col. Michael Drost, 71st Operations Support Squadron, during a ceremony held April 14 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)
Master Sgt. Daira Hall, 71st Operations Group first sergeant
Lt. Col. Michael Kirkpatrick, right, accepts the guidon and command of the 71st Operations Support Squadron from Col. Darrell Judy, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, during a ceremony held April 17 at Vance AFB, Oklahoma. In the background is Master Sgt. Daira Hall, the 71st Operations Group first sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Terry Wasson)

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