• Leadership award takes instructor pilot to new heights

    Capt DeAnna Franks' pilot wings have taken her to new heights since she recently received the Airlift Tanker Association's Young Leadership Award. Captain Franks, a T-37 instructor pilot and scheduler with the 8th Flying Training Squadron, earned her wings in October 2000 and her career has soared

  • Team Vance survives 101 critical days

    Team Vance, think back to May 28. The day was packed with individual unit and wing activities designed to focus our thoughts on surviving the summer months. Squadron commanders reminded us to think before we act. We all heard the resounding warnings against driving under the influence of alcohol.

  • Team Vance Chiefs show appreciation

    The Vance Air Force Base Chiefs Group launched its Outstanding Performance Award program with the presentation of the first two coins last week. Ron Diener and Rich Jondrow were presented coins number one and two for their work with the annual Enlisted Appreciation event. "They have been our focal

  • Commanders, supervisors learn to ASIST

    Commanders, first sergeants and supervisors learned how to ASIST potentially suicidal Airmen during a seminar Monday and Tuesday at the Community Chapel Activity Center. The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training augments life skills services by applying "first aid" tools to Airmen who might

  • Team Vance technician makes life-saving call

    It takes just a little time to change an ordinary day into an extraordinary one. When quick response in that bit of time can mean the difference between life and death. Shawn Hoffman, an engineering technician with Dyncorp civil engineering was having an ordinary day on July 15. He had finished