• Class 04-07 grads garner awards

    Five pilots from Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 04-07 earned awards Friday during a banquet at the Vance Club. In the T-38 fighter and bomber track, 2nd Lt Lee Bouma took home four awards, earning the Academic Award, the Flying Training Award, the Air Education and Training

  • VAFB Airman enhances others' lives

    A military personnel flight customer service Airman spent 10 days of his personal time in March helping others in another country. SrA Brian Newman, 71st Mission Support Squadron, took leave to travel to Acuña, Coahuila in Mexico on a humanitarian mission with his church. Events during the mission

  • Special Olympics a success

    Team Vance hosted more than 325 Special Olympians from Garfield, Grant and Kay counties April 2 for the Area 6 Special Olympics Track and Field meet. Just as the athletes prepare in advance for this competition, the people at Vance Air Force Base start work on this event weeks ahead of time. The

  • ALS grads collect three of four awards

    The latest Team Vance Airman to graduate from Airman Leadership School at Altus AFB, Okla. returned with more than just completion certificates following their March 19 graduation. SSgt Elvin Billy, Jr., 71st Operations Support Squadron, brought home two honors, the Distinguished Graduate and