• Medics under new leadership

    Colonel Otha Solomon, Jr. took command of the 71st Medical Group from Col. John McCafferty in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday in Hangar 199. Colonel Solomon comes to Vance from Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he was chief of dental operations for Headquarters, Air Force Material Command. "Command is

  • 21 Team Vance members selected for new stripes

    The Air Force selected 6,002 of 24,115 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant, and 7,314 of 39,797 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant. The master sergeant selection rate, 24.89 percent, rose 5.03 percent from last year, while this year's technical

  • New Ghostrider in the lead

    Command of the 71st Operations Support Squadron changed hands today during a ceremony in Hangar 199 that saw Lt. Col. Vincent Lostetter assume command from Lt. Col. Ronald Baldinger. Colonel Lostetter comes to Vance from Dyess AFB, Texas, where he was director of operations for the 7th OSS and a

  • Jayhawks change leadership

    Command of the 32nd Flying Training Squadron changed hands during a change of command ceremony Wednesday in Hangar 199. Lt. Col. David F. Morrissey, who was serving as the 32nd FTS operations officer, accepted command of the squadron from Lt. Col. John Hokaj. Colonel Hokaj will be attending Air War