• iMatter site gives AETC Airmen voice to share innovations

    Air Education and Training Command launched the iMatter website March 23, giving all command Total Force Airmen access to an AETC-specific tool for sharing innovations and improvement ideas.The concept took hold based on Gen. Robin Rand, AETC commander, hearing ideas directly from Airmen during his

  • Three Ghostriders named top performers by AETC

    Three Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron earned top honors in the 2014 Air Education and Training Command Airfield Awards.- Capt. Leroy Jackson was selected as the Col. Derrel L. Dempsey Officer of the Year- Staff Sgt. Ashley McGill was selected as the Air Traffic Controller of the

  • Team Vance, Oklahoma military join NBA stars for volunteer effort

    Team Vance Airmen joined regional troops and professional basketball players for a day of volunteering in Oklahoma City, March 9.In all, more than 100 servicemembers teamed up with the Oklahoma City Thunder and packed more than 20,000 pounds of food at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The joint

  • Vance color run makes green for AFAF

    Air Force blue was also orange, red, green and yellow at Vance Air Force Base March 14.The base hosted its first ever color run, a 5K which marked the end of the 2015 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign.Vance Airmen and their friends and family members were joined by northwest Oklahomans who were

  • Gold Star Families to receive unique acknowledgement at Vance

    Some memorials aren't inlaid with platinum, or ten feet tall, or carved out of Italian Marble.According to reports, for Capt. Nathan Nylander, an Air Force meteorologist, April 27, 2011, was just another day on deployment. The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Airman was deployed and at a