• Vance volunteers send holiday treats downrange

    This holiday season deployed Vance Airmen will enjoy six dozen cookies each, thanks to donations and the work of 39 volunteers who baked, packaged and mailed boxes in this year's Operation Cookie Cutter Nov. 14."We do this every year to give our deployers a taste of home, plus some extra for those

  • Airman’s Attic helps Airmen, families

    An airman basic earns $18,378 in basic pay per year. It can be difficult to raise a family on so little income. Children need clothes, Airmen need new uniforms, and bills must be paid. For Airmen in these circumstances, the Vance first sergeants and volunteers operate the Airman's Attic.The Airman's

  • 71st SFS changes command

    Capt. Christopher Jackson assumed command of the 71st Security Forces Squadron from Maj. Thomas McGuillicuddy in a change-of-command ceremony Nov. 10 at the Vance Collocated Club.Jackson joined Team Vance after a tour as the deputy chief, Contingency and Future Operations, United States Air Forces

  • Paralegal named Airman of the Month

    A 71st Flying Training Wing Judge Advocate Office paralegal is the 71st Flying Training Wing Airman of the Month for November.Airman 1st Class Graham Davis was selected by group superintendents based on his work performance and merit as an Airman.While catching up on paperwork after coming back from

  • Vance Airmen meet Ross Perot

    It's not every day that Vance Airmen get a chance to meet a world renown figure, but that is exactly what happened to four members of the Silver Talon Honor Guard.Senior Airman Christina Sullivan, Senior Airman Ray Greene, Senior Airman Calvin Erkens and Airman 1st Class Chelan Carr met Ross Perot,