• Vance fire department testing hydrants next week

    The Vance fire department will conducting flow tests on hydrants beginning next week. The tests are required annually to ensure the hydrants can deliver enough water during emergencies.The testing will start around 7 a.m., beginning Oct. 23 and running through Oct. 29.The testing is scheduled around

  • Advice on prospering where you are planted

    For many of you, Vance is your first experience as a military spouse. And if you are feeling a bit overwhelmed, I promise you're not alone.When you're new to the Air Force, not only is the military a complete culture shock, but the additional stresses of being in a new town, away from family and

  • Team Vance generosity puts CFC almost halfway to 2012 goal

    As the third week of the 2012 Combined Federal Campaign at Vance Air Force Base ends, CFC workers have contacted 96 percent of eligible contributors and raised $43,514.The donation level is well ahead of last year's campaign, said Capt. Andrew Schrag, the CFC project officer. "We are confident the

  • Florescent bulb exchange will save Vance $30,000 annually

    In an effort to become more energy efficient, Vance is replacing approximately 8,800 32-watt florescent lights with 28-watt lights. The changing of the light bulbs, which began Aug. 29, is scheduled for completion by Nov. 2. All of the 32-watt light bulbs will be recycled."In 2010 Air Education and

  • Two Team Vance members share a T-38 cockpit again 25 years later

    Twenty-five years ago last month, when Thom Bushman was a student pilot at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., he received his "dollar ride" in a T-38 Talon. On Sept. 27, he received another T-38 orientation flight from that same instructor pilot here.Lt. Col. Jack Stuart, the instructor pilot, is