• Vance Spouse Spotlight: Kate Wetterhall

    Name: Kate WetterhallBase affiliation: My husband, Capt. Justin Wetterhall, is an instructor pilot in the 3rd Flying Training Squadron.Do you have children? I have two, Owen and Claire.What is your educational background? I went to Virginia Tech for my undergraduate and master's degrees. My

  • Preventing fraud, waste, abuse is everyone's job

    Fraud waste and abuse quietly drains resources from Vance Air Force Base and the U.S. Air Force, impacts mission accomplishment and hits the taxpayer right in the pocketbook.What is FW&A? Let's take a look at some definitions and examples.Fraud is any intentional deception designed to unlawfully

  • Base exercises bring unique challenges to housing residents

    "Exercise, exercise, exercise."A familiar phrase, but have you ever asked yourself, "What is an exercise?" or "What am I suppose to do?"Air Force units conduct exercises to hone and refine their execution of mission essential and supporting tasks, validate training, improve response capabilities,

  • Greene, Woodbury selected for early promotion to senior airman

    Two Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron will put on their third stripe early under the below-the-zone promotion program.Airmen 1st Class Raymond Greene, an air traffic controller in the radar approach control building, and Scott Woodbury, an air traffic controller in the control tower,

  • Develop, Deliver, Deploy...Empowered Airmen

    Happy New Year Team Vance!First, I'd like to thank all of our Airmen, government civilians, contractors, and community partners for a fantastic 2012.As last week's Scoop newspaper article succinctly captured, change was indeed in the air in 2012, and Team Vance excelled throughout the year and in