• Flight commanders develop leadership, enhance knowledge of base resources

    Several Vance Air Force Base officers filled the First Term Airman's Center Monday for information and training on leading a flight. The 71st Mission Support Group designed the flight commander's training course to facilitate leadership development and enhance flight commanders' knowledge of the

  • Saving lives: Blood donation guidelines clarified

    Qualified military and civilian Team Vance members have the chance to save a life when a team from the Oklahoma Blood Institute mans a mobile blood donation unit Aug. 26 on base. Although Team Vance members donate countless volunteer hours to the community during the year, Christine Sanchez, OBI

  • Be aware of transportation regulations

    As Team Vance members look for ways to vary physical fitness routines or beat rising gasoline prices, updated guidance restricts some options. Vance Air Force Base Instruction 31-204, Air Force Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision, limits where and how non-motorized transportation can be used. "We want

  • Preparation: Key to success

    Team Vance is on its final approach for the Operational Readiness Inspection Aug. 14 to 22. With only 24 days left, now is the time to ensure the wing makes a positive and lasting impression on the Air Education and Training Command Inspector General team. "By now, people should have completed

  • Fifth annual FCA begins

    Twenty cadets began learning about firefighting during the two-week Firefighter Cadet Academy, which began here Monday. The fifth annual event took place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and today and continues on the same days next week. Although the Vance Fire Department was initially