• Team Vance celebrates Air Force's 66th birthday

    Three hundred Vance Airmen and their guests gathered at the Enid Convention Center Sept. 21 to celebrate the Air Force's 66th birthday.The Air Force Ball included a live jazz band and a local acting troupe performing skits with an Air Force history theme.The evening of celebration began when Col.

  • Fall Festival features food, fun, pumpkin painting

    The Fall Festival/Oktoberfest is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Vance Collocated Club.The festival combines "Free food, family fun and a beer garden," said Ruth Ann Replogle, 71st Force Support Squadron's marketing director. "What more could you want?" she said.Most of the Fall

  • Hearts apart -- but not alone

    Separation from loved ones is simply a part of military life. "Hearts Apart" is the program designed to help families of service members who are deployed, on unaccompanied tours or on temporary duty assignment.Sponsored by the Airman & Family Readiness Center, the Hearts Apart program reaches out in

  • ‘I am Air Force Energy’ campaign kicks off

    "In fiscal 2012, the Air Force saved more than $1.5 billion through smarter buildings, new technologies, and more efficient flight operations," said Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning.Team Vance will have the chance to learn more about the impact of energy to the Air Force's mission

  • Vance Spouse Spotlight: Jill Helmer

    Name: Jill HelmerBase affiliation: My husband is Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Helmer. He's the supply sergeant with Company B, 1/179 Infantry Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, at the Armed Forces Reserve Center here.Do you have kids? Jeremy and I have been married