• 5th FTS command changes hands

    Command of the 5th Flying Training Squadron changed hands in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday in Hangar 170. Lt. Col. Dan Crawford accepted command of the squadron from Lt. Col. Gerald Kirchner. This is Colonel Crawford's third tour at Vance. His latest assignment was as chief of plans and programs at

  • 71st Flying Training Wing changes its face for the future

    Like most nearly 65-year-old patients trying to look and feel better, Vance is undergoing major structural and cosmetic "surgery" to bring it into the 21st century. According to Stan Willoughby, Computer Sciences Corporation chief engineer, many of the changes are for the growing missions at Vance,

  • Young 'animals' steal Vance auditorium stage

    Raccoons, wolves, pigs and a woodsman took over the Vance auditorium Monday through today. No, the zoo wasn't involved, but the Missoula Children's Theatre performing arts camp was. Twenty-five Vance dependents, ranging in age from 6 to 17, practiced all week to perform the free play Red Riding

  • 19th AF commander visits Vance

    The Air Force is changing to better prepare Airmen to fight a war expected to last two generations, and the service needs quality people to do it, the 19th Air Force commander said Aug. 10. Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers visited Vance Air Force Base Aug. 9 to 11 to meet Team Vance members, tour the base and

  • Vance SNCO wins BIG award

    There is a BIG man on campus ... Master Sgt. Spencer Parker, 71st Flying Training Wing MEO superintendent. On Aug. 3, Col. Bryan Benson, 71st FTW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jim Suttles, 71 FTW command chief, told Sergeant Parker he was the Air Education Training Command nominee for the 2006