• Captain Riggle returns

    The third of five Vance instructor pilots returned from Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq, last month. Capt. Brian Riggle, assigned to the 32nd Flying Training Squadron, spent the year as part of the Coalition Air Force Training Team. Their job was to train future Iraqi air force pilots

  • NORAD Tracks Santa Web site live for 2008

    The North American Aerospace Defense Command is again ready to track Santa! On Dec. 1, the NORAD Tracks Santa Web site, www.noradsanta.org, went live and features fun holiday games and activities that will change daily.On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, NORAD will begin tracking Santa Claus' journey via

  • It's beginning to smell a lot like... fresh-baked cookies

    The smell of fresh-baked cookies filled the Community Chapel Activity Center Friday as members of the Officers' Spouses Club and the Enlisted Spouses Club prepared 1,080 holiday cookies. The annual Airmen Cookie Drive brings the two spouses clubs together to create holiday packages for unaccompanied

  • Vance Airman takes oath of allegiance to become U.S. citizen

    The United States will have a new citizen Friday when Airman 1st Class Alfonso Galan-Reyes takes the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in Oklahoma City. Airman Galan-Reyes is a computer support technician with the 71st Communications Squadron here. Although his family in Chicago won't