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  • Becoming a military pilot takes God-given skills, determination, desire

    Throughout my career, I have been asked many times what it takes to be a military pilot. After 29 years of combined military and civilian flying with instructor time in the F-15C, T-37, T-38 and many civilian aircraft, I have seen a few trends. Military pilots come from all walks of life, many commissioning sources and all services. For the

  • BRAC process, timeline explained

    Team Vance -- Next week the highly anticipated Base Realignment and Closure list will be publicly released by the BRAC commission. Your leadership team and public affairs have been preparing our responses to questions and will objectively communicate the details of the BRAC process to the public. We are all aware of the impact any BRAC announcement

  • Choices people make can affect present or future decisions

    Each day we make choices that immediately or eventually affect our lives or the way we live them. From the moment we wake up or at least somewhat wake up, until we go to sleep we are making choices. Do I hit the snooze button one more time and get five more minutes of sleep? Do I skip breakfast because I hit the snooze button? Do I stay up to watch

  • Be a member, help Vance keep club

    Team Vance -- it is time to take care of our club. There have been a number of articles published on taking care of your wingman and I think we should all realize that our wingmen are not only our colleagues who work beside us on a day to day basis, but also those various morale, welfare and recreation facilities around base that take care of us.

  • One-of-a-kind event at Vance AFB

    Team Vance -- thank you so much for turning out in full force and supporting the Area 6 Special Olympics last Friday. You truly made a difference in the lives of the competitors. I am continuously proud to be part of a wing with such a large outpouring of volunteerism. Team Vance, your spirit and enthusiasm are contagious. Keep up the good work!

  • Taking a closer look at 71st Operations Support Squadron 'Ghostriders'

    In most wings, the mission of the operations support squadron is not well known to the men and women who serve beside them. The mission of the security forces squadron or a flying training squadron is obvious from its title, but operations support ... what is that? Adding to the confusion is the structure of an operations support squadron varies

  • Change in business, military can be a necessary evil for all

    No, this is not an article on how to implement change in your unit. There's not enough space, and I'm not the expert. Instead, I thought I would discuss some of the changes I've seen in the last 20 years. By far, the biggest change and the one with most impact is the computer. Yes, we had computers back then. However, they were nothing like they

  • Continue success: Use ride card

    Congratulations Team Vance on 46 days without an alcohol related incident. That is a good start and proof positive that your focus and efforts to remain "blotter free" are working. In the upcoming days and weeks, expect to see more initiatives on how those who want to include alcohol in part of their social activities can do so more responsibly.

  • Commander answers top 10 patient questions

    As the medical group commander, I experience quite a few patient questions and concerns. I'd like to use this article as an opportunity to address the more common questions where all of Team Vance can reap the answers' benefits. This article might make a useful tool for future reference. 1. How do I make an appointment? a. If you have computer

  • Congratulations to JSUPT graduates

    Congratulations Class 05-07 upon your graduation from Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training. Many of you thought this day would never get here or at the very least, wouldn't get here soon enough but alas, you did it! Your achievement today is tremendous, and you should be very proud of yourselves. It took a large team effort to get you to
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