• 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

  • 71st FTW announces first airman of month

    The first Vance Airman of the Month board convened Jan 30. A1C Andrew Heckathorn, 25th Flying Training Squadron, emerged above the 10 nominees who met the board. "It's a nice feeling knowing that I am the first airman of the month ever at Vance," Airman Heckathorn said. "There was a lot of great