• Ideas turn into cash with AF program

    Ideas are a dime a dozen, but great ideas can be worth up to $10,000 if submitted to the Air Force IDEA Program. The Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, or IDEA program allows Air Force members and Department of Defense civilian employees to receive cash awards for approved ideas

  • Vance AFSO 21 event makes deployment processing easier

    Anyone who's ever deployed knows how difficult "getting out of town" can be. Stacks of paperwork, tons of training and countless trips across the base over several weeks can be challenging for Airmen warriors who have enough stress on their plates as it is. The process was long, tiring and needed

  • Air Force officials authorize ABUs on commercial flights

    People may see more Air Force uniforms traveling on the road and commercial flights due to a change in policy allowing Airmen to wear uniforms while traveling in official capacities within the continental United States. Air Force leaders recently expanded existing uniform regulations, authorizing

  • New force support squadron streamlines Vance AFB functions

    When it comes to people programs, community support and quality of life, there is now one organization on base that will handle it all - the 71st Force Support Squadron. This new organization is the result of an ongoing Air Force-wide merger of mission support and services squadrons and is expected

  • SFS, AFOSI pair investigations for increased support

    A recent change to the relationship between the 71st Security Forces Squadron and the local Air Force Office of Special Investigations detachment is expected to save time and resources while increasing each unit's ability to better serve the base. On March 24, the 71st SFS investigations office and