• Reduced manning makes self-service mindset essential

    About two years ago the Air Force made a strategic decision, the impact of which is increasingly being felt by each one of us. The decision was to cash in 40,000 manpower authorizations and redirect the savings into recapitalizing our aging aircraft fleet. Seventy percent of those authorizations

  • OSS takes first in intramural bowling league

    The 2008-2009 Vance Intramural Bowling League ended the season April 16 with a tight finish among great competition. The bowling pins were set for the last regular-season night of competition with the first-place team, the 71st Operations Support Squadron A team, nicknamed "The Good, the Bad and the

  • Vance celebrates its 16th year as Tree City U.S.A.

    Vance Air Force Base was presented with its 16th consecutive Tree City U.S.A. honors during a ceremony at the base driving range April 22. Forester Dan Stidham, from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, presented the Tree City U.S.A. flag to Col. Richard Murphy, 71st Flying Training Wing vice

  • Holocaust survivor speaks about hope, freedom

    "I only want freedom," said Jack Mandelbaum, Holocaust survivor. "What is the point of health without freedom?" For Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mr. Mandelbaum spoke to Vance Airmen and their families April 21 about his experiences in the concentration camps in Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1945. In 1942,

  • AFSO21 team attends Oklahoma City symposium

    You've probably heard the term AFSO21 a lot recently, and wondered what it was. Quite simply, it is Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century, a culture shift dedicated to doing the job efficiently and safely. Given today's fiscal instability, both in the private sector and the Department of