• TRICARE revises compound drug coverage

    Starting May 1, 2015, Express Scripts, the TRICARE pharmacy contractor, will screen all ingredients in compound drug claims to ensure they are safe and effective, and covered by TRICARE. This screening process is like the one TRICARE already uses for other prescription drugs, but it will now apply

  • Single Airman program gets cooking at Autry Tech

    In a time of Air Force quality of life program restructuring, the Single Airman Programming Initiative endures.In a partnership between Vance's SAPI committee and the Autry Technology Center, a local vocational school, Team Vance got off the base and into the kitchen for the first night of a

  • Motorcycle season kicks off at Vance

    Motorcycle weather has finally arrived in Northwest Oklahoma, and Airmen are pulling batteries off of tenders and getting their two-wheeled toys ready for another season of freedom on the open road.The arrival of riding weather does not just draw out Team Vance's current motorcycle owners. It also

  • Twister time: Are you ready?

    While we are still in the depths of winter and snow is still in the forecast, another weather phenomenon all too familiar to Oklahoma is on the horizon. I am talking about severe weather: damaging winds, large hail and destructive tornadoes.March 1 - 7 is severe-storm preparedness week in Oklahoma,

  • Airman Leadership School class comes to Vance

    For the first time ever, Vance has its own Airman Leadership School class.Sixteen senior airmen from squadrons around the base began their 24 days of training at the Professional Development Center here Feb. 19. The course is their first level of professional military education required for