• VAFB safety office 'TOPS' in command for second year

    Vance Air Force Base's safety record achieved Air Education and Training Command recognition for the second year in a row. The 71st Flying Training Wing received the Air Education and Training Command To Promote Safety, or TOPS, Trophy, an award that promotes safety awareness over the entire

  • Holiday operation helps base families

    The Vance Air Force Base first sergeants got a head start on the season's gift giving with their annual Operation Warmheart program. Thirty deserving Team Vance families received checks totaling $1,800, allowing them to have more festive holiday meals than they may have been able to afford

  • York claims third command award

    Air Education and Training Command recently awarded the 71st Security Forces Squadron information security civilian as the Civilian of the Year for 2004. Regina York said she was surprised she won the award, even with this being the third time she's done it. "I work hard and I guess it's showing,"

  • Student pilot makes history

    Another Vance Air Force Base student made aviation history Nov. 18, nearly ten years after Vance AFB graduate Lt Col Eileen Collins became the first female to pilot a space shuttle. Marine student pilot, 2nd Lt Sara Faibisoff, became the first female pilot to get assigned to the V-22 Osprey during

  • 2004 CFC complete

    A victory luncheon Wednesday officially completed the 2004 Vance Air Force Base Combined Federal Campaign. Team Vance raised $60,175 for the campaign's charities, up from $57,464 in 2003. Allan McCobb, downtown United Way president, presented Col Mike Callan, 71st Flying Training Wing commander,