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Pilot Training is in Their Blood

Contracted civilian Airmen perform necessary functions from maintaining aircraft to responding to in-flight emergencies at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Many civilian Airmen like Stanya Rose and Jeremy Kirkley come from a long heritage of supporting pilot training at Vance. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Jordan Sillence)

Taken: 02.06.2026 | Video by Senior Airman Jordan Sillence

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The T-7A Red Hawk landed at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 3, 2025, marking a milestone in Air Force pilot training. The arrival of the T-7A...
A T-7A Redhawk is parked on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 3, 2025. The arrival of the T-7A Red Hawk marks a historic...
Capt. Matthew Breen, right, runs alongside Lt. Col. Scott Meskimen, center, and Capt. Zoey Chittick, during a 30-mile fundraising run at Vance Air...
A T-6A Texan II is parked on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Oct. 29, 2025. The T-6A Texan II is a single-engine, two-seat primary...
Firefighters put out a simulated car fire during a Fire Prevention Week demonstration at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Oct. 6, 2025. The...
A pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, prepares to climb out of the cockpit of an F-22A Raptor at...
Members from Team Vance sit on the bay door of a visiting Little Rock Air Force Base C-130 during an incentive flight above Enid, Okla., on Sept....
An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., prepares to taxi in at Vance Air...
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Contracted civilian Airmen perform necessary functions from maintaining aircraft to responding to in-flight emergencies at Vance Air Force Base,...
Airmen assigned to the 71st Operations Group discuss their experiences training as air traffic controllers at Vance Air Force Base, Nov. 24, 2025....
Student pilots and instructors from the 25th Flying Training Squadron perform preflight checks as they prepare to taxi out for their scheduled...
Maj. Ronald Todd, a T-6A Texan II instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron, highlights the unique mission of the "Spittin’...
Airmen from the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in a training exercise on Nov. 21, 2024, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, as...
Two F-35 Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base fly in formation with two T-38C Talons from the 25th Flying Training...
2nd Lt. Meredith Garrelts completes a training sortie in the T-1A Jayhawk at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 18, 2024.
Lt. Col. Bob Volpe B-Roll package
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Capt. Matthew Breen, a 33rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, celebrated his 30th birthday by running 30 miles on the Vance AFB track and...
Staff Sgt. Sydney Adams, a 71st Security Forces Squadron military working dog trainer, prepares Ares, a 71st SFS military working dog, for something every service member faces. The transition to civilian life.
Kristen Christy, a master resilience trainer, shared her personal journey of healing after her first husband, Lt. Col. Don Christy, died by...
Airman 1st Class Miguel Angel Herrada, a client systems technician at Vance Air Force Base, was selected as the Global Gaming Ambassador for Overwatch, where he will build a competitive gaming community to help Airmen connect.
Lt. Col. Robert Volpe, an instructor pilot in the 5th Flying Training Squadron, flew more than 10,000 hours during his 35 year career in the U.S....
A T-7A Red Hawk, assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron, lands at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Nov. 7, 2023. More than 200 Airmen, including student and instructor pilots gathered in front of Air Control Tower to see what the future of Undergraduate Pilot Training looks like.
Capt. Kyele Bridel grew up with two dreams. Become an Air Force pilot and play soccer professionally. She has accomplished the first and is continuously striving toward the second. Bridel is assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base as a T-6A Texan II instructor pilot. She is also a member of the U.S. Armed Forces Women’s Soccer team.
An Airman's journey to pilot training.
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Vance and northwest Oklahoma continued their community partnership when the base hosted an annual Special Olympics Oklahoma qualifier, March 23.

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