• Vance children learn about their parents' deployment (Additional photos)

    Vance's third Operation KIDS-- Kids Investigating Deployment Services-- took place Aug. 6. Seventy-three children from military families attended the event to learn about the deployment process their parents go through and to have some fun. Hangar 170 was turned into "Camp Liberty," the site for

  • Vance children learn about their parents' deployment

    Vance's third Operation KIDS-- Kids Investigating Deployment Services-- took place Aug. 6. Seventy-three children from military families attended the event to learn about the deployment process their parents go through and to have some fun. Hangar 170 was turned into "Camp Liberty," the site for

  • Local community leaders tour B-2, Air Force museum

    A group of 31 civic, business and educational leaders from throughout northern Oklahoma left Vance AFB July 23, on a KC-135 Stratotanker, as part of a two-day community relations tour sponsored by the 71st Flying Training Wing. The trip was hosted by Col. Chris Nowland, 71st FTW commander, and

  • Chick-fil-A opens unit at Vance base exchange

    The owner of the Chick-fil-A restaurant at the Oakwood Mall in Enid, Okla., has opened a unit at the Vance AFB Base Exchange for a 90-day trial that began Aug. 10.The first day went very well, said Connie Sturgeon-Hart, the owner. "It was way better than I expected." Located next to the optical shop

  • Bowling center offers discount games, food during appreciation week

    The Vance Bowling Center is holding the annual Customer Appreciation Week Aug. 22-29. The week-long event offers customers a little fun, discounted bowling and special food prices. "This is one of my favorite bowling events of the year," said Ken Broder, a CSC Applied Technologies LLC, bowling