• Hard work pays off for Vance accounting office

    Hard work and diligence added up to a monetary award of $12,500 for Vance, thanks to the base Accounting Liaison Office who recently won the major command's Wing Commanders Incentive Program. Military installations can save money by paying invoices within a certain time frame, explained 1st Lt

  • Pilot wings make world smaller for small-town lieutenant

    When 2nd. Lt. Matthew Osgood graduates from Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training here Friday with Class 07-04 he'll be comfortable being a member of a class of just 20 graduates. That class size is nearly as large as his high school class of 22 students. The 2005 Air Force Academy graduate

  • Command of 71st MDG changes hands

    Command of the 71st Medical Group changed hands Thursday, in a ceremony at 10 a.m. at Hangar 170. Col John C. McCafferty accepted command of the group from Col James E. Calhoun Colonel McCafferty comes to Vance Air Force Base from Sheppard AFB, Texas. "My wife and I are very excited about the

  • Help available for making informed career decision

    The new fitness program isn't the only place you'll find figures being reshaped and slimmed in today's Air Force. Phase II of the force-shaping program will see the number of blue suiters reduced by more than 22,500. "This is the next step in our force-shaping program to move us closer to the

  • General rules for ORI battle

    In a recent issue of the Airscoop, I spoke of Team Vance's August 2005 Operational Readiness Inspection and its apparent distance in the future. Sun Tsu is an oft-quoted ancient Chinese warrior, philosopher and student of warfare. One of his thoughts is most appropriate when it comes to ORIs: "The