• 71st SFS garners award

    The 71st Security Forces Squadron recently earned Air Education and Training Command's Outstanding Security Forces Unit Award in the small unit category for 2003. The SFS provided stellar law enforcement, security and force protection for a base community of more than 5,000 military, civilian,

  • Vance AFB celebrates Mardi Gras, not quite 'LA' style

    When 2d Lt Matthew Franchetti, 71st Flying Training Wing legal office, suggested the Company Grade Officers Council hire a clown to make balloons at the Mardi Gras party Saturday, he wasn't volunteering himself. But Saturday night found Lieutenant Franchetti in face paint, making balloon figures for

  • Wing safety earns honors

    The 71st Flying Training Wing Safety Office recently received one Air Force and two Air Education and Training Command level awards. The office received the Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Ground Safety for the small base category, the AETC Gen Frank Lahm trophy for

  • AETC command chief talks war to Team Vance

    During a visit to Vance Air Force Base Monday to Wednesday, the command chief master sergeant of Air Education and Training Command said AETC is doing very well in the global war on terrorism. "All our bases are playing in the contingency tasking environment," said CMSgt Karl Meyers. "Vance AFB is

  • Class 04-05 earns wings

    Eighteen officers will earn their pilot's wings at the Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 04-05 graduation at 10 a.m. today in the auditorium. The graduates spent 54 weeks studying flying fundamentals, checklist usage, emergency procedures, aviation physiology, applied