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 Squadron at Vance Air Force Base over the skies of Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2024. During this sortie, the F-35 pilots demonstrated the flight capabilities of the F-35 to instructor pilots assigned to Vance Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Ornelas Jr.)
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.
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.
Friday night, Jan. 24, the flying squadrons at Vance met to do battle on a brand new, purple-surfaced pool table. They were about to engage in a Crud tournament.
“It’s like full contact pool without a cue stick,” said James W. Shepherd, with the board of directors of Soldier’s Wish, the organization that helped provide the new Crud table to the Greven Crosswinds Club on base.
Chief Master Sgt. Hope L. Skibitsky, now the command chief of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, has had an incredible journey, from leaving for the military at 17 with nothing to her name, to becoming a command chief.
