• 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

  • Vance medical campus becomes a tobacco-free zone

    The Vance Clinic, and all its facilities, became completely tobacco-free July 19, in accordance with a mandate from Lt. Gen. Charles Green, the Air Force Surgeon General.The mandate was issued Oct. 1, 2010, and requires that all Air Force medical facilities be completely tobacco-free by the end of

  • Forty Vance NCOs have opportunity to retrain

    Approximately 40 Vance AFB Airmen from 12 Air Force specialty codes will be eligible for the yearly NCO retraining program.The NCORP is a 16-year-old program that optimizes the enlisted force structure by ensuring current and future NCO requirements are met, said Master Sgt. Jay Hoth, career

  • Oklahoma’s burn ban applies to Vance residents

    Before firing up the grill remember the burn ban Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued July 14 for several counties.Due to the long drought, 45 counties, including Garfield County where Vance AFB is located, are under the burn ban."It could be a lengthy ban, but hopefully not more than one or two

  • Budgeting – how to avoid a financial bind

    When Angel Dominguez walks into his office each day, he has one thing on his mind -- money. He sits at his computer, looks through his appointments and prepares for his first client. That client is greeted with, "Let's make some money."When starting out, Airmen sometimes find themselves in some sort