• Team Vance ‘Feds Feed Families’ food donations reach 1,170 pounds

    As of Aug. 10, Team Vance has donated more than 1,170 pounds of food to the "Feds Feed Families" program for distribution to food banks in Enid, Okla.Two weeks remain for Team Vance to donate to the program, a Department of Defense drive to collect and donate 733,800 pounds of food to food banks

  • Student, instructor win Vance Air Force Ball theme, logo contest

    First Lt. Rachael Stone, an instructor pilot with the 32nd Flying Training Squadron, and 2nd Lt. Andrew Barstow, a student pilot with the 32nd Flying Training Squadron, submitted the winning Air Force Ball theme and logo design competition hosted by the Vance Air Force Ball planning committee."The

  • Ruiz Garcia selected July Airman of the Month

    Airman 1st Class Eric Ruiz Garcia, a medical records technician with the 71st Medical Support Squadron, is the Wing Airman of the Month for July. Ruiz Garcia is from East Hartford, Conn., and has been in the Air Force for a year and a half. Vance is his first assignment.Ruiz Garcia said his flight's

  • Keeping Vance flying - one breath at a time

    "OK, breathe in, hold it..." Joe Bartee, a life support technician, directed a pilot as they tested his helmet before an upcoming flight.Bartee connected a hose from the helmet's mask to a panel of holes, switches, and lights used to check the respiratory and communication functions. Out of the

  • Team Vance 'Feds Feed Families' food donations reach 790 pounds

    Team Vance has collected and donated almost 790 pounds of food as far for the Feds Feed Families program. Three weeks remain in the campaign, which is part of the Department of Defense drive to collect and donate 733,800 pounds of food to food banks across the nation."We need to step up to the plate