• Two aerospace Airmen awarded below-the-zone promotions

    Two Airmen from the 71st Medical Operations Squadron were selected for below-the-zone promotion March 19.Airmen 1st Class Ariel Schlenther and Toni Greka, both aerospace physiology technicians, were working on administrative tasks when the building was called to attention."I remember the day they

  • Airman Leadership School honors graduates

    Class 15-D accomplished a milestone for Vance AFB and themselves when they graduated from Airman Leadership School March 25 at the Vance Club.Sixteen senior airmen, to include four award winners, completed the first-ever ALS class held at Vance. The course lays the foundation for future Air Force

  • Liberation 1945

    The horror of World War II, particularly the Holocaust and the events leading up to it, cannot be overstated.The death tolls are staggering, and the manners of death are confounding to the civilized mind. People were forced to dig their own graves. Thousands died in death marches, and children

  • Vance hosts regional Special Olympics games

    The partnership between Vance Air Force Base and Special Olympics Oklahoma continued March 25 as the base hosted Cherokee Strip Area 6 track and field competitions.More than 100 Team Vance volunteers came out to support almost 200 northwest Oklahoma athletes as they qualified for SOOK's summer games

  • Aviation resource manager named Airman of the Month

    A 3rd Flying Training Squadron aviation resource manager is the 71st Flying Training Wing Airman of the Month for April.Senior Airman Joshua Hubmann was selected by 71st FTW group superintendents for his work performance and merit as an Airman.Keeping an Airman's selection as AOM a secret from him