• Sergeant inducted into top enlisted rank

    A Team Vance senior master sergeant has recently joined the elite group of top enlisted-ranked Airmen. Senior Master Sgt. Don Sibble, 71st Mission Support Squadron, was inducted into the rank of chief master sergeant in a Chief's Induction Ceremony Saturday at the Vance Club. This ceremony

  • First eight new housing units open soon

    Green grass and lighted paths will soon replace red dirt and bulldozers as a local construction company releases the first eight new family housing units May 13. The ribbon-cutting ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and includes a ceremonial signing-over of the first house to its occupants, Master Sgt. Joe

  • Class 05-08 graduate tabbed for B-2 pilot duty

    B-2 or not B-2 wasn't the question. Being assigned to the aircraft after graduation from Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training or after a tour as a first assignment instructor pilot was. For 2nd Lt. Robert Schoeneberg, JSUPT Class 05-08 student, the answer was a "total surprise" as he

  • Vance chaplain 'blessed' with AF award

    Selflessly serving the spiritual needs of others earned a Vance chaplain an Air Force award. Protestant Chaplain (Capt.) Sam Bridges was named as the Air Force Outstanding Company Grade Chaplain of the Year. Last year, Chaplain Bridges met the spiritual needs for countless Airmen supporting

  • IMs, personnelists converge for better service

    The 71st Mission Support Group began bridging gaps within their information manager and personnel career fields April 1. With a loss of people on deployments and no projected gains, the group began a temporary consolidated orderly room for their IMs and personnelists. The 71st Operations Group will