• 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

  • Honorary commanders tour flying ops

    The 71st Operations Group played host to seven Vance Air Force Base Honorary Commanders Tuesday. Lt Col Miles Crowell, 71st OG deputy commander, welcomed the guests to the flightline, outlining the flying mission of the wing. Colonel Crowell also provided some insight into the future of flight

  • 71st MSS takes honors

    Another Team Vance squadron received command-level recognition when the 71st Mission Support Squadron earned Air Education and Training Command's Outstanding Mission Support Squadron Award for 2003 in the small base category. "It's a huge deal," said Maj Jeffrey Bomkamp, 71st MSS commander. "We all