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  • Feb. 3, 2026

    'Flag Dave' gets a ride in the jets he has greeted for two decades

    For more than two decades, pilots passing through Fort Smith Regional Airport in Arkansas have come to expect a familiar sight on the ramp: a man dressed head to toe in red, white, and blue, standing proudly with an American flag raised high. To the world he is Dave Burns. To the military flying

  • Nov. 24, 2025

    Learning to embrace the night sky

    Students in Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, learn to fly the night sky during their time in the T-6A Texan II aircraft.

  • Nov. 18, 2025

    Vance-trained pilot renews wedding vows 70 years later

    Seventy years after saying “I do,” retired Air Force Col. Ryland Roy Dreibelbis and Peggy Bush Dreibelbis once again stood side by side to renew their vows in the same chapel where they were married in 1955.

  • Nov. 14, 2025

    Vance instructor pilot runs 30 miles to support local food bank

    Capt. Matthew Breen, an instructor pilot assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, ran 30 miles on his 30th birthday to raise money for Loaves and Fishes, a local food bank serving more than 750 families each month.

  • Nov. 13, 2025

    Pilot training continues after sunset

    The sun may set but the training goes on

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