• 8th Flying Training Squadron commander is fit to fight

    Lt. Col. James Gifford is a multi-talented member of Team Vance. In his Air Force career he has flown KC-135s, followed by cross-training to F-15Es. At Vance he has been a T-38C Talon instructor pilot, and is currently a T-6A Texan II instructor pilot as well as commander of the 8th Flying Training

  • T-37 Tweet retiring from Air Force inventory

    The U.S. Air Force will say good-bye to an old, but dependable friend July 31 when the T-37 Tweet is officially retired from the Air Force during a ceremony at Sheppard AFB, Texas. The Tweet has trained more than 78,000 U.S. Air Force pilots since it became operational in 1957, as well as pilots

  • Vance unveils new residential area

    A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the first newly constructed field grade officer homes in The Landings at Vance July 23. The new three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at the ceremony will be the residence of Maj. Sonny Hignite, his wife Mary, and their three children. Major Hignite is a T-38C

  • Smith completes 24-mile training run in Alaska

    Maj. Jason "Santini" Smith didn't quite reach his goal of completing the Crow Pass Crossing run in under four hours last Saturday just outside Anchorage, Alaska. His time for the 24-mile run over a mountain pass, through a glacier-fed river and across rocks, roots, snow and gravel was 4 hours, 18