• Savage named Airman of the Month for February

    Airman 1st Class Chris Savage, an airfield systems technician with the 71st Communications Squadron, is the Wing Airman of the Month for February.From Oklahoma City, Airman Savage has been in the Air Force for one year and Vance is his first assignment.To become Airman of the Month, Airman Savage

  • Officials extend community assessment

    Officials are extending the opportunity to participate in the 2011 Air Force Community Assessment through April 3. More than 350,000 active-duty members, reservists and spouses as well as all appropriated fund civilian employees were randomly selected to participate in the anonymous survey. Those

  • Vance IP returns to Morocco to attend T-6 acceptance ceremony

    Lt. Col. Andy Hamann must have made a very good impression during his three-year assignment in Morocco. The Moroccan air force chief of staff, Gen. Ahmed Boutaleb, invited him back for the official delivery of the first of 24 T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft earlier this month.An instructor pilot with

  • Vance AFAF campaign reaches one-third of goal in first week

    The 2011 Vance Air Force Assistance Fund campaign's first week was incredible, said Capt. Todd Gibbs, the campaign project officer. "We've raised $11,200, over a third of our goal, with five weeks left in the campaign," he said.The 71st Flying Training Wing commander, Col. Russ Mack, completed the