• Force shaping enters Phase II

    The U.S. Air Force recently implemented Phase II of its Force Shaping program of trimming 16,000 active-duty personnel by fiscal year 2005. According to a message from the Air Force Personnel Center, the Secretary of the Air Force has authorized the use of numerous force shaping policies to help the

  • 8th FTS under new leadership

    The 8th Flying Training Squadron welcomed new leadership during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Hangar 170. CDR Brian Osborn, 8th FTS operations officer, accepted command of the squadron from Lt Col Greg Lamb. "Colonel Lamb has done a fantastic job," Commander Osborn said. "Leading a joint squadron

  • Team Vance loses friend

    Team Vance lost a friend and alumnus Sunday with the passing of Enid Mayor Irv Honigsberg. Mayor Honigsberg died Sunday of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. The mayor's association with Vance Air Force Base went back to 1950 when he was a member of class 50E. Following training in the T-6, then

  • Security forces squadron leadership changes hands

    Command of the 71st Security Forces Squadron changed hands Thursday during a ceremony in the Vance Club. Capt Robert Rossi assumed command of the 71st SFS from Maj Mary McCaghren. Captain Rossi comes from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., where he was the antiterrorism program manager for Headquarters Air

  • 25th FTS lieutenant recognized as outstanding safety performer

    1st Lt Matthew Chisam earned the 71st Flying Training Wing Outstanding Safety Performer Award for his handling of a complicated multi-aircraft emergency situation actions at Vance Air Force Base March 29. An instructor pilot with the 25th Flying Training Squadron, Lieutenant Chisam was acting as a