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A close up view inside the cockpit of a T-37 Tweet aircraft as US Air Force Captain Mike Brazeltonperforms a roll maneuver during pilot training at Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma. From then June 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Silver Wing Strut" describing Joint-service pilot training at Vance AFB, Oklahoma

The T-37 Tweet aircraft is the primary trainer at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and the small jets are a common site over Enid and the surrounding countryside in the plains of Oklahoma. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN magazine article "Give Vance a Chance". The article is meant to promote a tour at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, as a friendly, family raising type utopia for young Airmen. The base and local community have a very close and productive relationship

US Navy Commander Larry "Splash" Coy the 8th Flying Training Squadron's "skipper at Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma, stands in front of one of the many T-37 Tweet aircraft used for pilot training. From then June 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Silver Wing Strut" describing Joint-service pilot training at Vance AFB, Oklahoma

Training Wing 6 students spend six weeks learning the basics of air navigation, T-34 aircraft systems, meteorology, flight regulations and emergency procedures. After simulator training, trainees fill the front seat of T-34s for eight familiarization flights at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. US Air Force Major William Kavchak, a T-34C pilot, prepares for takeoff on a flight with his wingman. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Earning Wings of Silver & Gold"

Two US Air Force (USAF) T-38 Talon aircraft and a USAF T-38B Tweet aircraft assigned to the 80th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Air Education and Training Command (AETC) fly a three ship formation over Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas (TX), to mark the 20th anniversary of the European (EURO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) School

A US Air Force (USAF) T-38 Talon aircraft and a USAF T-38B Tweet aircraft assigned to the 80th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Air Education and Training Command (AETC) fly a two ship formation over Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas (TX), to mark the 20th anniversary of the European (EURO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) School

Two US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft (background), from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), accompany an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (starboard wing seen in photograph) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

Two U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighter aircraft, from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly in trail behind a Tennessee Air National Guard 151st Air Refueling Squadron, 134th Air Refueling Wing, KC-135E Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, from McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Alcoa, Tenn., during an aerial refueling training mission on April 2, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by SENIOR master SGT. Thomas Meneguin) (Released)

A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), approaches the deployed refueling boom of an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (not shown) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

An aerial close up view of a US Air Force T-37 Tweet aircraft from the 71st Flying Training Wing, 8th Flying Training Squadron "Eightballers" Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-37 Tweet is a twin-engine jet used for training undergraduate pilots in the fundamentals of aircraft handling and instrument, formation and night flying. Back cover photo of the June 2000 AIRMAN Magazine and part of the article "Silver Wing Strut" describing Joint-service pilot training at Vance AFB, Oklahoma

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Base: Vance Air Force Base

State: Oklahoma (OK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung

Release Status: Released to Public

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