• Commander sets sights on 19th Air Force future

    The 19th Air Force commander has been at the helm now for a few weeks and has had a chance to form some first impressions and fine-tune his vision for the command. Maj. Gen. Greg Feest, who took command July 30, said the 19th AF team is up to the task of moving the command forward. "I am extremely

  • Testing confirms Vance water is safe to drink

    During a routine collection of on base drinking water samples in early August, the Vance Bioenvironmental Engineering team found a sample that falsely tested positive for total coliform bacteria.Follow-up testing at a laboratory in Stillwater, Okla., determined that no coliform bacteria or disease

  • Vance summer hire named AETC Youth of the Year

    Matt Crowell, a summer hire at the 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron, was recently named Air Education and Training Command's Youth of the Year - part of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America annual awards program. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to a member's family, school, community

  • You can change the Air Force with one IDEA

    Since last October, Air Force members world-wide have earned $1.3 million in cash awards for ideas that make the Air Force work better. Almost half of the 5,542 ideas submitted through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness (IDEA) program were approved, saving the Air Force more than

  • Comptroller, Contracting merger improves agility, capability

    The money folks joined with the contract writers July 16 to form the 71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron here. Vance is one of five bases testing the merged comptroller and contracting squadron concept as part of an Air Force wide test. "We are both customer orientated and when we deploy we work