• Air Force firefighters protecting Vance during labor dispute

    When he received notification of a deployment to an undisclosed location for an undisclosed amount of time, Senior Master Sgt. Russell Eidenschink's first thought was -- "Afghanistan." But the soft-spoken firefighter from Columbus AFB, Miss., didn't go to the desert. Instead, he is serving as the

  • Vance water safe to drink

    The annual Consumer Confidence Report on the quality of tap water for Vance AFB is complete. Vance's drinking water is well within all federal and state mandated standards and is safe to drink. The report helps base consumers understand the quality of water received by Vance from the Enid water

  • Club membership campaign kicks off with Taste of Vance

    The Vance Collocated Club kicked off its 2009 club membership campaign June 15. The first event in this year's campaign will be the second annual Taste of Vance at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 23. The event will give attendees a chance to sample a wide variety of current and future food and beverage

  • Company-grade officers move into new housing September

    Company-grade officers scheduled to move into the new-construction housing at Vance attended a town hall meeting June 16 at the Base Auditorium. The 16 families will start moving in early September, said Kent Davis, community director for Pinnacle, the company that manages privatized housing