• Vance Airmen honor a Tuskegee Airman

    Lt. Col. Kenyatta Ruffin, the past 71st Operations Support Squadron commander, helped honor his childhood role model, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, Tuesday, June 29. Ruffin was a speaker at the ceremony renaming the aviation terminal at the Charles B.

  • Dewberry retires after 23-year career

    Master Sgt. Angela Dewberry retired from active duty during a ceremony held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, in the Greven Crosswinds Club at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

  • AMC civic leaders visit Vance to learn about pilot training

    Eighteen civic leaders from Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, visited Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 16-18. They observed how and where Air Force pilots are trained, and the rigors each student and instructor pilot goes through over the course of a daily mission.

  • Heil retires from career that included hand-drawn charts and glass cockpits

    Lt. Col. Daniel Heil retired from active duty during a ceremony held at 3 p.m., Friday, June 11, in the 8th Flying Training Squadron auditorium at Vance Air Force Base. Heil, the 71st Operations Group deputy commander, shared insights on an Air Force career that began at the Air Force Academy.