• SFS troops take AETC top honors

    Three Vance security forces troops recently earned Air Education and Training Command awards for 2003. SMSgt Kent Wilkinson, security manager; TSgt Eric Judd, flight chief; and TSgt Donald Theademan, flight chief, earned the SNCO and NCO awards in their duty sections. "We took home more individual

  • Vance ensures security with new fence

    Vance is more secure because of new and improved fencing around the base. The base is about 85 percent complete with a fencing project that contracted for more than $1 million. "We started by replacing the west and south airfield fencing," said Armen Robbins, a Vance civil engineer. "Other parts of

  • Vance helps youth during season of giving

    Thankful faces greeted the Team Vance members who helped underprivileged children shop for loved ones' gifts at the Enid YWCA Saturday. More than 20 Vance Air Force Base volunteers led the children around tables full of donated items they could purchase, rang up their totals and wrapped the gifts.

  • Class 06-03 grad gets base for family

    "First Lt. Shawn Mosher, C-21, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.," was the Dec. 2 assignment night announcement the Mosher family had been hoping for. Unlike most of his classmates, Lieutenant Mosher was more concerned about his base of assignment than the aircraft he'd be flying. For the Moshers, the

  • Equipment fires high in winter

    With the winter season approaching, many people will start using different types of heating equipment or means of heating their homes. Different types of equipment could include wood or pellet-burning stoves, electric heaters or fireplaces. Most heating equipment fires are started as a result of