• MPF explains newest force shaping initiatives

    The 71st Mission Support Squadron, in a briefing Monday, clarified recent initiatives to force-shape the Air Force in fiscal 2007. Although both enlisted members and officers are affected by force shaping, the tools announced July 26 were aimed primarily at reducing officer numbers. "The enlisted

  • AFSA visits veteran's hospital

    Military members of today thanked those of yesterday during an Air Force Sergeants Association visit July 21 to the veteran's hospital in Oklahoma City. Enlisted Airmen from Team Vance's AFSA Chapter 990 visited the hospital to give back to those who served before today's servicemembers. David

  • I'm from the government and here to help

    Another year's worth of accolades was heaped on the 71st Flying Training Wing and once again there's no mention of me. Talk about disappointment. How would you like it, knowing you were involved in just about every single action on base without receiving so much as a thank you, much less any formal

  • 71st MDSS meets AFSO 21 tool challenge

    The 71st Medical Support Squadron's radiology section wasted little time following the Air Force Smart Operations 21 announcement to roll out a smarter, less expensive way of conducting their business. The X-ray department recently switched to a photo archiving and communications system, or PACS.

  • Deployment expands FAIP's duties

    June 28 wasn't a typical day for first assignment instructor pilot 1st Lt. David Braun, 32nd Flying Training Squadron. That was the day he met Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. None of the days since he deployed Feb. 1 from Vance Air Force Base to Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, have been