• Training required for motorcyclists to ride on base

    Summer isn't bringing just warmer weather to Vance Air Force Base. Rising temperatures and gas prices have also brought a dramatic increase in the number of motorcycle riders. "We've seen about a twofold increase in the number of riders we have attending our safety course," said George Wagner, 71st

  • Vance shows T-1 force at Scott AFB, IL.

    Air Force aircraft assaulting an airfield is not all that unusual. But when the airplanes are T-1 trainers descending on Air Mobility Command Headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., a few eyebrows may rise. Twenty T-1A Jayhawk aircraft assigned to the 32d Flying Training Squadron at Vance AFB

  • Vance remembers National Police Week

    Members of the 71st Security Forces Squadron will join fellow police officers nationwide in observing National Police Week beginning Monday. May 15 has been National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week containing May 15 has been National Police Week, since President John Kennedy signed Public