• SFS assists Enid PD with bomb threat

    The 71st Security Forces Squadron lent a helping hand to the Enid Police Department March 9 during a bomb-threat investigation at a local school. The threat was written on a mirror in a girls' bathroom at Waller Junior High School March 6, said Amber Graham Fitzgerald, Enid Public Schools community

  • Have a plan: Don't get blown away by severe weather

    Severe weather season is rapidly approaching. Spring severe weather season at Vance and in Enid generally runs from April to May. Thunderstorms are commonplace in the southern plains. They produce lightning, hail, strong winds, heavy rain and occasionally tornadoes. Severe thunderstorms and

  • 71st OSS members, facility best in AETC

    Flying in and out of the second busiest airport in the Air Force takes top notch people and facilities to accomplish the mission without accidents. Add the fact that most of the pilots using the airfield are learning to fly only magnifies the importance of the people and facilities needed to

  • Help protect infants from many diseases with childhood vaccinations

    Immunizations are one of the most important ways for parents to protect their children. Newborn babies that are breastfed are often immune to many diseases because of the antibodies they received from their mother's milk. However, this immunity is temporary and may not occur if the baby is strictly

  • Team Vance assists with civilian life flight

    Team Vance demonstrated its close partnership with the Enid community Monday when a civilian aircraft carrying a critical-care surgical team requested to make an unscheduled landing here. The medical team was enroute from Dallas to St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid to perform vital surgery.