• New aircraft shelters coming to Vance AFB

    The flight line at Vance Air Force Base will look very different in the near future. Construction will soon begin on aircraft protective weather shelters designed to cover 104 of the T-37, T-38 and T-1 aircraft stationed here. In early fiscal 2003, Gen Don Cook, commander of Air Education and

  • Team Vance keeps war memories alive

    American veterans who have been there and done that can now tell their stories to Team Vance members involved in the Veterans History Project to be preserved for future generations. Since 2000, volunteers from around the country have gathered and preserved wartime stories, written memoirs and

  • Civic leader tour enhances civilians' understanding

    Thirty local community leaders got a closer look at how the Air Force works, thanks to a civic leader tour Sept. 9 and 10. The tour increases U.S. citizens' awareness and understanding of the Air Force's role in national security by inviting groups of community leaders to witness the Air Force

  • Team Vance remembers, honors POW, MIAs

    Team Vance remembered those who have endured the hardships of being captured or who are still missing due to war during a formal retreat ceremony Tuesday at the flagpole. Former prisoner of war Fran Hoad, was in attendance and assisted Col Mike Callan, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, in the

  • 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