• Sharing an Oklahoma Christmas Saturday morning

    (The following is a letter a young boy named Brody might have written to his deployed mother and father about Saturday's Breakfast with Santa in Hangar 170.)Dear Daddy and Mommy,I am so looking forward to both of you coming home. Everyone in Oklahoma is getting ready for the holidays. We've hung our

  • Airman saves Wingman from halfway around the world

    Police officials are crediting the quick actions of a security forces Airman here with saving the life of a former Airman living halfway around the world.Senior Airman Jordan Gunterman, a 379th Air Expeditionary Wing fly-away security team leader, led authorities to his former coworker's Florida

  • Vance lieutenant takes dollar ride at IFS

    (Lieutenant Gross is currently attending Doss Initial Flight Screening at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colo., prior to beginning his Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance AFB.)After a long week of academics it was finally time to start flying. Within the first five minutes of my first

  • New 19th Air Force commander tours Vance

    Team Vance hosted a visit by Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, the 19th Air Force commander, his wife, Patty, and the 19th AF command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Williams, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.During his first visit to Vance as 19th Air Force commander, General Solo was briefed on the 71st Flying Training