• MS Walk brings awareness to Vance, Enid communities

    Team Vance volunteers are always looking for ways to help the base and the people in the community. Sometimes they get the chance to make an even greater impact, such as helping find a cure for multiple sclerosis. Last year, Team Vance raised $38,000 for the National MS Society's annual MS Walk,

  • Vance GPC program receives AETC recognition

    Zero is a great number for the 71st Comptroller Squadron, because that's the amount of discrepancies it received in a year on the Government Travel Card program -- a first among all bases in Air Education and Training Command. "In the past, an AETC base without a 60-day GTC delinquency was unheard

  • Crowell named Vance Youth of the Year

    Taking a glimpse at Vance Air Force Base's recently named Youth of the Year, Matthew Crowell's past, it's easy to believe he will fulfill his hopes for his future. The Vance Youth of the Year is selected each year by the Air Force Services Youth of the Year Program committee, in conjunction with the

  • Fire damages new base home

    A small fire burned a lawn and damaged a new home on Black Avenue in base housing March 16. The Vance Fire Department quickly responded to the fire and believes it may have been caused by smoking materials. "It could have easily been prevented," said Eric Smith, fire department assistant chief.

  • AFAF provides winter warmth

    It was 5 degrees and the furnace was out. The husband was deployed to Iraq. The situation could have been hopeless if not for the Team Vance family and Air Force Assistance Fund. Staff Sgt. Garrett Miller, 71st Operations Support Squadron, was deployed to Iraq from September to January. During one