• Reservist saves motorcyclist's life

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – A Reservist in training to become a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot saved the life of a local motorcyclist on his way back to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 20, 2021.2nd Lt. Max Atkinson, a student pilot in the 71st Student Squadron at Vance AFB and projected to be

  • Col. Jay Johnson assumes command of Vance AFB

    Maj. Gen. Craig D. Wills, the 19th Air Force commander, presented the 71st Flying Training Wing guidon to Col. Jay Johnson, former vice commander of the 71st FTW, in an assumption-of-command ceremony March 25, 2021, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Johnson then assumed command as the new 71st FTW Wing