• Vance Airmen mentor students in area schools

    For the last two years, Airmen from Vance Air Force Base have been volunteering in the Waukomis, Chisholm, and Enid School Districts, doing everything from proctoring tests and chaperoning field trips to mentoring students directly.The program is called Airmen Boosting Learning in Enid - or

  • Dynamic bystanders – key to preventing sexual assault

    One of the most frustrating emails I get each week is the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Kneeboard, which provides Air Force sexual assault statistics.The numbers are sobering. As of Aug. 30, the Air Force received 904 sexual assault reports for the first 11 months of the fiscal year. Of

  • Vance remembers 9/11 victims with retreat ceremony

    Airmen and civilians at Vance Air Force Base joined the nation Wednesday to honor those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa.Four formations of military members, representing units from across the base, gathered at the flag pole, awaiting the

  • Enid celebrates history, base marches in parade

    More than 80 Team Vance members in battle uniforms and flights suits will join the marching units in the 2013 Cherokee Strip parade in downtown Enid, Saturday, Sept. 14, beginning at 10:30 a.m.This year's parade marshal is Col. Darren James, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander.The parade is part

  • Vance donates almost 4 tons of food to Feds Feed Families

    Team Vance donated 7,476 pounds of food to a local food bank during the 2013 Feds Feed Families campaign that ended Aug. 30."We exceeded our target by 373 percent," said Capt. Chris Hall, the organizer for the food drive.The local food bank, Loaves and Fishes of Northwest Oklahoma, was happy to