• Comfort bears from Vance heading to USS Laboon

    The sailors aboard the USS Laboon will find a comfort bear in their Christmas stocking this year thanks to the work of Kim Winfield and the children in the School Age Program on base.The cloth bears are hand made by the SAP children to give to military members who deploy.Ensign Jeff Jaglowicz, a

  • Vance Base Tree ceremony lights up the holiday night

    "What an awesome night to think about all our blessings this year," said Col. Chris Nowland, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, during the Base Tree lighting ceremony held Dec. 1.The tree, located by the T-38 static display near the Hairston (main) Gate, is decorated with 725 lights that came

  • Adkinson named Wing Airman of the Month for November

    Airman 1st Class Tommy Adkinson, a force management apprentice with the 71st Force Support Squadron's Military Personnel Flight, is the 71st Flying Training Wing Airman of the Month for November.From Jack, Ala., Airman Adkinson has been in the Air Force for less than a year. Vance is his first

  • Base Tree lighting ceremony set for Dec. 1

    When the switch is flipped during the Base Tree lighting ceremony next week, 725 lights will glow, marking the beginning of the holiday season.Members of CSC Applied Technology's civil engineering grounds shop placed 30 strings of lights and lots of garland on the tree near the T-38 static display