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September 5, 2008

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ORI readiness chief says Team Vance should
ORI readiness chief says Team Vance should
By Jeff Mullin
Scoop Editor

“You’ve got to accentuate the positive,” begins the old Bing Crosby hit song, “eliminate the negative. read more...

509th Bomb Wing vice commander to address class 08-14
The vice commander of the Air Force’s only B-2 wing will be featured speaker at the graduation ceremony for members of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 08-14 at 10 a.m. read more...

71st FTW boss urges approaching upcoming ORI with confidence
71st Flying Training Wing commander, Col. Mark C. Nowland, gestures as he talks about the upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection team coming to Vance Air Force Base in February. (Staff Photo by Billy Hefton)
71st FTW boss urges approaching upcoming ORI with confidence

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By Jeff Mullin
Scoop Editor

Col. Mark C. Nowland, commander of 71st Flying Training Wing, is a fighter pilot.
Nowland has thousands of hours in the F-15C
Fighter pilots have a reputation as being confident, and some would even say they are cocky.
That is just the attitude with which Nowland wants Team Vance to approach the Operational Readiness Inspection coming in February.
“It’s a bring it on attitude,” he said, “Come on, we’re ready. read more...

AMC poised to support post-Gustav operations
By Mark D. Diamond
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) — Air Mobility Command planners and operators held their collective breath as Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday. read more...

Practice qualities for success
Col. Kevin L. Kallsen
Practice qualities for success
By Col. Kevin L. Kallsen
5th Flying Training Squadron commander

What qualities or traits help make for a successful career in the military? I do not know if there is a magic combination, but reflecting back on my 23-year career there seems to be some qualities that have resonated with me. read more...

Got a gripe? Sing about it with a complaints choir
Never ask me how my flight went. Because I’ll tell you. The flight switched gates three times. My seatmate ate a muffaletta sandwich with extra garlic on a six-hour flight and didn’t even offer me a bite. read more...

AF accepting physician assistant applications
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Air Force officials are taking applications from active-duty enlisted airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I classes beginning January, April and August 2010. read more...

At the movies
Saturday, 7 p.m.

KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL — The film centers around a young girl living in the struggles of the Great Depression. read more...

AF leaders discuss AFSO 21 future
By Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (AFPN) — The Air Force’s senior leaders met Aug. read more...

voting assistance
voting assistance
Maj. Vern Pendley (center), installation voting assistance officer, talks with 2nd Lt. John Hatfield, student pilot, about registering to vote and receiving an absentee ballot Tuesday at Bldg. 500. Voting assistance is available in Bldg. 500 today 8 a.m. to noon, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the base exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Hill)
Pilot error blamed in F-15C accident
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) — Pilot error caused the Feb. 20 crash of two Eglin-based F-15C Eagles off the coast of Florida, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released Aug. read more...

‘Mr. James’ leaving Vance kids to join Enid PD
By Joe B. Wiles
71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

James McFadden spent the past two years working as a counselor with the School Age Program at Vance. read more...

Air Force manpower, reserve official visits Vance
By Jeff Mullin
Scoop Editor

Craig Duehring hears it all, the good and the bad.
The assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, makes it a point to get out of his office and travel to Air Force bases throughout the country, listening to the questions, complaints and concerns of America’s airmen.
Last week that odyssey brought him to Vance Air Force Base, where Duehring held town hall-style meetings with Vance personnel, as well as attending a luncheon with members of Vance’s Top 3, a group of senior noncommissioned officers, before returning to Washington Friday.
“I give them a chance to ask questions, make comments, present complaints,” Duehring said. read more...

A final sim ride, then a formation flight
By 2nd Lt. James Justice
JSUPT Class 08-15

Wednesday morning was my final sim in pilot training. read more...

CSAF defers heritage coat decision
By Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. read more...

Falcons open season with rout
Tight end Keith Madsen catches the game’s second touchdown. Quarterback Shea Smith led the Falcons on a 41-7 rout of Southern Utah University, scoring his first career rushing and passing touchdowns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan)
Falcons open season with rout
By Capt. Uriah Orland
U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) —Two defensive scores by one of the youngest teams in school history led the Air Force Falcons to a 41-7 rout over Southern Utah University in the season opener here Aug. read more...

Falcons wearing AF symbol to honor airmen
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) — The Air Force Academy football team is honoring the men and women of the Air Force by wearing the Air Force symbol on its uniform this season. read more...

Schedules and notes
Top pick - Walk This Way begins
Walk This Way, an event to get people walking, kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday at Meadowlake Park. read more...

Tinker prepares for new engine workload
Personnel at Tinker Air Force Base will assume the workload for the F117 engine, which powers the C-17 Globemaster III, beginning in 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)
Tinker prepares for new engine workload
By Brandice Armstrong
72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE (AFPN) — Officials with the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group here are clearing shop space for a new workload. read more...

Air Force Reserve eclipses recruiting goal again
By Master Sgt. Jason Tudor
Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. read more...


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