• Target-hardening class teaches self-defense, empowerment

    Thirteen women here are no longer weak targets, thanks to instruction received during a Target Hardening Self-Defense class March 12 in the gym.Sponsored by the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator office, the class was taught by Maj. Christine Tolbert and 1st Lt. Gusty Holmberg."The goal is to be

  • New Tricare Dental contractor now handling administration of program

    Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is now handling the administration of the Tricare Dental Program.The program provides dental coverage to more than 1.9 million enrollees, which include family members of Uniformed Service active duty personnel and to members of the Selected Reserve and individual

  • Final piece of new T-1 simulator delivered to operations group

    The 71st Operations Group building opened two exterior walls March 14 to clear the way for the visual dome of the new T-1A Jayhawk flight trainer.The new simulator is the final piece of a contract with L-3 Technologies, which began with the arrival here of the first simulator August 2010.A 120-ton

  • Motorcycle safety class, great start for new rider

    Spring is upon us. For a lot of people that signals the beginning of the motorcycle riding season.While motorcycle rider education is not a requirement to receive a motorcycle license in Oklahoma, Air Force Instruction 91-207, "The U.S. Air Force Traffic Safety Program," mandates that all military

  • Vance air traffic controller takes honors at Airman Leadership School

    Senior Airman Kyle Good earned the Academic Achievement and Distinguished Graduate awards while attending Airman Leadership School Class 12-D at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.Good, an air traffic controller with the 71st Operations Support Squadron here, and three other Vance Airmen were among the 15