• Air Force Ball committee hosting car wash in Enid

    (Editor's note: The location of the car wash has moved to the United Supermarket parking lot on West Owen K. Garriott. The time remains the same.)The Vance Air Force Ball planning committee is hosting a car wash from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 13, in the United Supermarket parking lot at the corner of

  • Sullivan, Cooley graduate from Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals

    The 3rd Fighter Training Squadron graduated 1st Lt. Brandon Sullivan and 2nd Lt. Matthew Cooley from Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Class 11-IBV, July 22.The pilots completed this phase of their training on their way to becoming fighter pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and A-10 Thunderbolt

  • Wing quarterly award winners honored at luncheon

    Sixteen of Team Vance's best and brightest were honored at the 71st Flying Training Wing Quarterly Awards luncheon held July 21 at the Vance Collocated Club.Airman 1st Class Kimeyasha Hunter, an aerospace physiology apprentice with the 71st Medical Operation Squadron, was awarded Airman of the

  • New guidance issued on cell phone use while in uniform

    The Air Force's 98th Virtual Uniform Board released an update to AFI 36-2903, "Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel," July 18. Part of the update affects Airmen here who use electronic devices while in uniform. According to the updated AFI 36-2903, "While walking in uniform use of

  • Air Force 21st century weapons training system -- Simunition

    This is not your grandma's game of paintball anymore. The United States Air Force security forces training has evolved and improved with the use of dye-marking, non-lethal training cartridges.The cartridges, manufactured by General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems-Canada Inc., under the name