• Winter offers savings opportunity – you can help

    The winter season offers Team Vance an opportunity to help conserve energy. People living in military family housing and unaccompanied officer and enlisted quarters can make a significant contribution by observing the base winter temperature standard. Set your thermostat at 70 degrees and then lower

  • Vance begins Warrior of the Week Program

    In order to recognize the hard work of the members of Team Vance, Col. Chris Nowland, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, implemented the 71st FTW Warrior of the Week program.The program is in response to feedback from the base's annual Wingman Day. There was a strong request for a new way to

  • Vance Hanukkah parties bring light for Jewish Airmen

    On Dec. 21 and 22 Jewish Airmen at Vance came together to celebrate the first two nights of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, as a community. 1st Lt. Mike Lebovitz, a T-1 student pilot, hosted a Hanukkah dinner on the first night of the eight-day festival with delicious food, dreidels

  • Vance instructor pilot shares deployment experience

    Capt. Pat Thomason, a T-6 instructor pilot assigned to the 8th Flying Training Squadron at Vance, was the fourth of five to return to Vance after a year deployed to Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq. During that time Captain Thomason helped train Iraqi air force pilots as one of the 13

  • Vance pilots use self-aid buddy care to save the day

    Over the recent holiday Capts. John and Katie McGregor used the skills learned in self-aid buddy care training to come to the aid of three civilians who were in a small plane that crashed near Kalaeloa Airport in Oahu, Hawaii. Captain John McGregor is a T-6 instructor pilot assigned to the 8th