• 8th FTS celebrates birthday

    The 8th Flying Training Squadron marked its 62nd birthday March 18 with a celebration of the squadron's past, its present and a look toward the future. Instructors and staff relived the 8th's history as Capt Lance Benson delivered a look at the formation, development and achievements of the squadron

  • Team Vance senior airmen earn command recognition in career fields

    Two Team Vance Airmen were named the best in Air Education and Training Command in their perspective career fields. A1C Andrew Heckathorn is the Airman winner of the AETC 2003 Aviation Resource Management Award and SrA Amanda Mills has earned the distinction of being the 2003 AETC Public Affairs

  • New hangar gives T-1 fleet own space for maintenance

    The T-1A hangar officially opened for business after a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday inside the hangar. "On behalf of everyone at Vance Air Force Base, we're extremely grateful for the political, intellectual and physical efforts that all involved in this project gave to make this hangar

  • OSS NCOs tops in AETC

    Two NCOs from the 71st Operations Support Squadron recently received command level recognition for their outstanding performance as NCO and SNCO of the year for 2003. MSgt Joseph Andrukaitis earned the Air Education and Training Command Gardner Award for Outstanding Weather Senior NCO and TSgt