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  • BX gets new manager, vision

    Attention Vance shoppers, the Vance Base Exchange wants to hear from you. On Sept. 11, the store welcomed Charles Cobb, the new manager, and he is energized to remake the store's image and turn the Vance BX into the place to shop. "I'm excited to be here," Mr. Cobb said. "My vision is to create an environment customers want to come to. I want

  • Program assesses Vance

    The Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program unfortunately isn't more than a mouthful to most people. People hear the acronym "ESOHCAMP" every year, but all too often don't really understand, or care about, its meaning. Vance completed an ESOHCAMP assessment Sept 22. "This was our own internal

  • Vance flightline closes out fiscal 2006 hours

    The 71st Flying Training Wing closed out its fiscal 2006 flying hours Thursday, two days before the year ended. T-1s flew 27,408 hours, T-6s flew 25,400 hours, T-37s flew 15,018 hours and T-38s flew 15,011 hours. Air Education and Training Command directs the number of hours Team Vance must complete each year, according to Capt. Joshua Chambers,

  • Vance Warrior of the Week -- Airman 1st Class Peter Tripi

    Airman 1st Class Peter Tripi, 71st Security Forces Squadron, was nominated as Warrior of the Week because "he is a self motivated Airman, willing to work long hours to get the job done," according to Staff Sgt. Jason Boisvert, midshift shift supervisor. "He's a true definition of a mentor in today's Air Force. He's great at helping acclimate

  • Looking at deployments from safety view

    Descending steeply from 17,000 feet above sea level, snow-capped mountains give way to a sheer-wall canyon with tree-speckled cliffs and sharp, rocky ledges that look close enough to touch. You wouldn't think a C-130 Hercules should fly in places like this, but there's an outpost down the river valley in need of a healthy re-supply, and the Herc is
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