• 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

  • Year in Review: looking at memorable events of 2006

    It was nearly impossible to pass through the gates of Vance without noticing the flurry of flying being done at the Air Force's second busiest airfield this past year. Likewise, it was just as impossible not to notice the successes and achievements of Team Vance in 2006 in accomplishing its mission.