Oct. 23, 2023 Oklahoma Kid Governor for 2023 is Vance Proud Mila O’Brien, the 2023 Kid Governor of Oklahoma, stands as a shining example of what a sixth grader can do, especially one with multiple ties to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Oct. 8, 2023 Students receive their Air Force wings during graduation ceremony at Vance Twenty-two students in Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-15 received their wings during a ceremony held Oct. 6 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Sept. 29, 2023 Vance celebrates the Air Force’s 76th birthday with dinner, dancing and the 19th Air Force commander More than 300 members of Team Vance and the local community packed the ballroom at the Stride Bank Center, Sept. 23, to celebrate the Air Force’s 76th birthday.
Sept. 27, 2023 Team Vance honors POW/MIA Recognition Day with 24-hour ruck march “The POW flag did not stop moving for the whole 24 hours,” said Senior Airman Ashaley Mejia, organizer of the Team Vance ruck march around the base track, in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 15.
Sept. 19, 2023 Maintainer completes a half-century keeping aircraft in the sky at Vance Terry Long, an Enid native and the Amentum branch manager for the T-6A Texan II, retired Sept. 8, after 50 years of maintaining aircraft at Vance.