• Air Force chief of staff keynote speaker at pilot graduation

    "The American people place a very special trust in those of us who wear the uniform." That was the message Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz delivered to the student pilot Class 09-04, at their graduation ceremony Jan. 23, at Vance AFB, Okla. "You must deliver the kind of performance

  • Iraqi and American pilots learn from one another

    Maj. Terry Bloom returned from his deployment at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq, in October of 2008 with a stronger appreciation for not only the security and freedom America provides its citizens, but also for the Iraqis determination to restore their country to its former grand

  • Housing officials address residents' concerns at Jan. 12 meeting

    Rumors that unqualified families are moving into four-bedroom houses on base were quelled at the Vance Housing privatization partnering meeting Jan. 12 in the Professional Development Center's auditorium, Bldg. 455. Residents reported hearing rumors that four-bedroom houses were being offered to

  • Blood test ends U-2 dream, opens door to UAS possibility

    Capt. Brian Strack was on a fast track almost any young Air Force pilot would envy. After several years as an instructor pilot in the T-1 Jayhawk trainer here, he had an assignment to fly the U-2 "Dragon Lady" - a high-altitude reconnaissance spy plane with a 70,000 foot-plus ceiling that requires a