• 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

  • Oklahoma citizens tour other AF bases

    A group of Enid and Northwestern Oklahoma civilian business professionals, educators and politicians embarked Monday on a two-day trip meant to familiarize them with a larger view of the Air Education and Training Command and Air Force missions. The Vance Air Force Base community relations tour

  • Council changes centers' hours

    When the child development and youth center hours began impacting mission requirements, the Non-Appropriated Funds council reviewed the situation. As of Monday, the centers now open 15 minutes earlier at 6:45 a.m. and close 15 minutes earlier at 5:45 p.m. The NAF council is in charge of making

  • 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