• 101 Critical Days of Summer end

    Every active-duty member of Team Vance was present or accounted for as operations at the base resumed Tuesday after the Labor Day holiday. The weekend also quietly closed the 101 Critical Days of Summer for Vance Air Force Base, as there were no fatalities or reportable off-duty injuries during Air

  • Aircraft maintenance evaluation complete

    Although you may catch an NCO in uniform inspecting aircraft maintenance on the Vance Air Force Base flightline from time to time, it is regularly spattered in green, brown, black and tan for one week every two years. An Air Education and Training Command Maintenance Standardization and Evaluation

  • 5th FTS command changes hands

    Command of the 5th Flying Training Squadron changed hands in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday in Hangar 170. Lt. Col. Dan Crawford accepted command of the squadron from Lt. Col. Gerald Kirchner. This is Colonel Crawford's third tour at Vance. His latest assignment was as chief of plans and programs at

  • 71st Flying Training Wing changes its face for the future

    Like most nearly 65-year-old patients trying to look and feel better, Vance is undergoing major structural and cosmetic "surgery" to bring it into the 21st century. According to Stan Willoughby, Computer Sciences Corporation chief engineer, many of the changes are for the growing missions at Vance,

  • Young 'animals' steal Vance auditorium stage

    Raccoons, wolves, pigs and a woodsman took over the Vance auditorium Monday through today. No, the zoo wasn't involved, but the Missoula Children's Theatre performing arts camp was. Twenty-five Vance dependents, ranging in age from 6 to 17, practiced all week to perform the free play Red Riding