• T-38 training aircraft engages barrier on aborted takeoff

    A T-38C Talon aircraft engaged a barrier on the south end of Runway 17 Center after aborting takeoff today at approximately 3:30 p.m.Two pilots were on board the aircraft and exited safely, with no apparent injuries.

  • Victim’s advocate guided by early life experience

    While in middle school, Rachael Stone's friend was raped. Neither she nor her friend knew what to do.The friend ended up taking a bath and keeping the rape a secret. The experience inspired Stone to take a stand against sexual crimes. She now serves as one of Vance AFB's newest sexual assault

  • The Holocaust -- powerful ramification of indifference, inaction

    The Holocaust is the most remembered and solemnized atrocity in recorded history.It was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators in Germany during World War II.During the same time period, between

  • Vance members travel to Oklahoma City to reflect on the Holocaust

    Ten members of Team Vance took time to remember the Holocaust at a memorial exhibit in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 19.The group drove to the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City to see the Dachau concentration camp exhibit.During the bus ride, Vance personnel were introduced to "Maus"

  • Health, wellness services highlighted at Vance fair

    More than 150 people attended the Health and Wellness Fair April 13 in the Youth Center gymnasium on base.Forty-four vendors, from organizations both on and off base, set up booths showcasing the services available to Vance Airmen and their families."I thought it was great, and had lots of good