• Vance recognized for substance abuse prevention efforts

    Vance Air Force Base received the Collaboration Award during the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Conference banquet held Dec. 4 in Norman, Okla.Accepting the award for Vance AFB was Yvonne Lewis-Odom, the 71st Medical Operations Squadron Drug Demand Reduction Program

  • Vance Spouse Spotlight: Anthony Peters

    Name: Anthony PetersBase affiliation: My wife, Capt. Manuela Peters, is the Command Post chief and a T-6 instructor pilot with the Mighty Ballers (8th Flying Training Squadron). If Vance has a snow day this year, you can thank her for that, and for outstanding future Air Force pilots.In other words,

  • Surviving the holidays alone – tips for the military family

    The holidays can often bring about feelings of loneliness, especially when a loved one is deployed or we're away from family members. If you've ever spent Christmas alone, you know what I'm talking about. Maybe your husband was deployed for Christmas a time or two. Or maybe you just decided it's not

  • Air Force holds sexual offenders accountable, publishes convictions online

    You should know that the Air Force now publishes sexual assault convictions on-line.Anyone can go to the Sexual Assault Prosecution Web page and review more than 100 sexual assault convictions from across the Air Force, to include viewing them by base.After a few minutes of reviewing the facts of

  • Instructor pilot organizes holiday feast for local families

    Twenty-nine local families enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast this year thanks to an instructor pilot with the 3rd Flying Training Squadron.Capt. Julia Mahaffey raised $765 to feed the families and spent the weekend before Thanksgiving shopping for and packaging the non-perishable foods based on family