• 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

  • 71st CS receives AETC, Air Force award

    The 71st Communications Squadron recently sweetened a past success by claiming the 2005 Air Force-level Maintenance Effectiveness Award. The squadron had also earned the Air Education and Training Command-level award for 2004 and 2005. "It is hard to fully express how proud I am of the men and women