• Close-out adds $$$ for Vance facilities

    The clock ticking toward midnight Saturday found members of the 71st Comptroller Squadron wrapping up fiscal year 2006 by adding more than $8.5 million to the 71st Flying Training Wing's budget. The majority of close-out funds, $6,101,100, were from the Air Education and Training Command for

  • Navy commander leads Air Force squadron on service's birthday

    October 13, 1775, holds a special meaning for the nation; it was the date the Continental Congress authorized the procurement, fitting out, manning and dispatch of two armed vessels to cruise in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America. This Oct. 13, the Navy's birthday will

  • Sen. Inhofe visits Vance leadership, tours base

    Vance Air Force Base hosted U.S. senator James Inhofe Tuesday as he swung through the area during a campaign fundraising event. Senator Inhofe, the senior ranking U.S. senator for the state, visited with wing leadership and toured the base as a routine visit to one of the three major Air Force

  • Operation Kids 2006

    Seventy warriors deployed from here Oct. 19 in support of Operation Kids.The program, sponsored by the 71st Flying Training Wing Airman and family readiness center, includes  a kid-friendly processing line, simulated plane trip, fun activities at Camp Liberty and a welcome home reunion."I thought it

  • Still time to provide timely aid through CFC

    Time to donate to the Combined Federal Campaign reaches its final two weeks at Vance Air Force Base today. Team Vance federal employees and servicemembers still have until Nov. 10 to contribute. This year's campaign has gone fairly well, according to Capt. Daniel Yerrington, 33rd Flying Training