• Thrift shop needs volunteers

    Volunteers are needed now to help keep the Vance Officers Spouses Club Thrift Shop open. Support of the non-profit venture is waning, which could mean the end of scholarships for high school seniors and free items for junior Airmen. All money raised through thrift shop sales is sent to the OSC

  • Vance ORI takes off!

    The Air Education and Training Command's Operational Readiness Inspection of Vance Air Force Base's flying operation started Monday with instructor pilot check rides. The 19th Air Force six-man aircrew standardization and evaluation team, led by Col. Bernard Schwartze, will check about 10 percent of

  • Flight commanders develop leadership, enhance knowledge of base resources

    Several Vance Air Force Base officers filled the First Term Airman's Center Monday for information and training on leading a flight. The 71st Mission Support Group designed the flight commander's training course to facilitate leadership development and enhance flight commanders' knowledge of the

  • Saving lives: Blood donation guidelines clarified

    Qualified military and civilian Team Vance members have the chance to save a life when a team from the Oklahoma Blood Institute mans a mobile blood donation unit Aug. 26 on base. Although Team Vance members donate countless volunteer hours to the community during the year, Christine Sanchez, OBI

  • Be aware of transportation regulations

    As Team Vance members look for ways to vary physical fitness routines or beat rising gasoline prices, updated guidance restricts some options. Vance Air Force Base Instruction 31-204, Air Force Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision, limits where and how non-motorized transportation can be used. "We want