• Base volunteers work at local elementary school

    Student pilots waiting for their training to begin at Vance AFB volunteered in the classrooms of Taft Elementary school in Enid Tuesday, Oct. 12.The volunteers offered their services by helping students with their math skills, making classroom decorations and listening to students read stories

  • 'Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win' to be Air Force motto

    Incorporating extensive inputs from all ranks and career fields in the development effort, Airmen have selected "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win" as the service's motto. An enduring statement of Airmen's pride in their service, the motto is a two-part expression -- a call to action, with a response of

  • Fire prevention week increases awareness

    The Vance Fire Department continues to increase fire safety awareness through its annual fire prevention week. The event, hosted by the Vance Fire Department worked to increase fire protection and safety through fire extinguisher training classes, smoke detector training for young children and a

  • Fiscal 2010 successfully closed out at Vance

    All but $1,000 of the $94.2 million operations and maintenance budget at Vance was spent when the men and women of the 71st Comptroller Squadron and the 71st Contracting Flight left the building at 1:30 a.m., Oct. 1."We were able to fund everything on our unfunded list except for some pavement

  • 71st Security Forces Squadron gets a new commander

    An assumption of command ceremony for the 71st Security Forces Squadron at Vance is scheduled at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Vance Collocated Club.Capt. Douglas Whitehead, coming to Vance from Lackland AFB, Texas, will be the squadron's new commander. He brings a well-rounded set of skills