• Flight marks end of era

    A forty year-old plane trained its last student Tuesday bringing to an end more than 40 years of the T-38A "Talon," which is being replaced by the T-38C, flew its last student sortie Tuesday after training roughly 20,000 students since its arrival in April 1963. "The T-38A has served the 25th Flying

  • Aircraft X-rays reveal similarity to medical applications

    What does an aircraft nondestructive testing laboratory, or NDI, have in common with hospital radiology class that would bring the two together? The answer is X-ray technology and how it can aid in mending broken aircraft as well as broken bones. A recent visit to the NDI shop on Vance AFB by the

  • Hanscom team evaluates VAFB

    A Systems Evaluation Assessment team out of Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is here starting Monday to test Team Vance's preparedness. The three-man team, who works for Synergy Inc., has been contracted by the Air Force to spend six days evaluating the base's response times and vigilance through a

  • 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