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  • Team Vance hones skills during exercise

    Team Vance put practice into action Monday when its emergency response proficiency was tested during a tornado exercise. After the tornado sirens had silenced and the "all-clear message" was given, members of the Disaster Control Group, headed by Col. Fred Cheney, 71st Mission Support Group

  • MDG unit provides seamless transition for JSUPT students

    As the students of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 06-08 took notes on ejection and egress procedures, they were unaware of the flurry of activity preceding their arrival. The activity was due to the arrival of the newest tools of the trade at the 71st Medical Group Aerospace

  • Safety day helps make Memorial Day weekend a success

    The number of alcohol-related incident-free days continues to grow at Vance Air Force Base thanks to the wing safety day prior to Memorial Day weekend. Safety reported no serious incidents over the start of Air Education and Training Command's "Operation Summer Survivor: Xtreme Challenge." The

  • CV wishes Team Vance farewell

    After serving nearly two years as Team Vance's second-in-charge, the 71st Flying Training Wing vice commander passes over his reins today. Col. Wade Johnson leaves Vance Air Force Base to become an Air War College instructor at Maxwell AFB, Ala. "The time seems like it passed in the blink of an

  • 71st MDG inspection garners high marks

    The 71st Medical Group earned an "Excellent" rating during its Health Services Inspection May 16 to 20. Additionally, the group earned accreditation through the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations during a separate inspection done the same week. "The inspection results