• Special holiday requires special care

    All fireworks have one thing in common - they are made out of gunpowder and designed to burn or explode. Below are some tips from your Team Vance safety office to keep you safe during this year's holiday. Every year, nearly 13,000 Americans receive injuries from fireworks. Most injuries are burns,

  • Reserve leaders visit Vance

    Vance Air Force Base was treated to a view from the top when Maj. Gen. James Sluder made a base orientation visit here Monday and Tuesday. General Sluder, the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Education and Training Command, and Col. Robert Williamson, 340th Flying Training Wing

  • School Age Program meets Comenci, Conner

    Eleven children from Vance Air Force Base's School Age Program traveled to the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Okla. June 18 to meet former Olympians Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner and to learn about their careers and their academy. The children were able to hold real Olympic torches,

  • Kids, Counselors have a blast

    What's better than summer vacation from school? If you're a kid in Enid or a volunteer at Vance Air Force Base, it is summer camp. Camp Tomahawk concluded its 33rd annual two weeks of fun for kids and adults alike at Vance Friday. The camp runs one week Monday through Friday for boys ages nine