• Mission support squadron command changes

    The 71st Mission Support Squadron changed to new leadership in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Vance Club. Maj Juliana Astrachan accepted command of the squadron from Maj Jeffrey Bomkamp. Major Astrachan comes to Vance Air Force Base from her position as the executive officer to Headquarters

  • 71st Operations Group now under new leadership

    Command of the 71st Operations Group changes hands in a ceremony at 10 a.m. today at Hangar 170. Col Kevin Kriner accepts command of the group from Col Keith Snyder. Colonel Kriner comes to Vance Air Force Base from Maxwell AFB, Ala., where he was attending Air War College. "It is an honor to be

  • Safety with international flavor

    Three foreign nationals were on Vance Air Force Base this week as part of a tour of United States Air Force bases to learn more about the safety programs the Air Force uses. Lt Col Qureshi Aftab, Pakistan, Maj Young Park, South Korea, and Maj Abdullah Suzuki, Malaysia, arrived here Monday on a

  • Command of 5th FTS changes hands

    The 5th Flying Training Squadron welcomes new leadership during a ceremony at 10 a.m. today in Hangar 170. Lt Col David Clark accepts command of the squadron from Lt Col Robert Williamson. Colonel Clark was previously the 5th's director of operations. "I am excited and honored to take command of a

  • Reserve 'legal eagles' earn command, 19th AF awards

    Two Air Force Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees assigned to the Team Vance legal office recently received top Air Education and Training Command and 19th Air Force awards. Maj Gen Jack Rives, Headquarters Air Force deputy judge advocate general, presented the awards to the "legal eagles" in