• Team Vance boasts AETC weather SNCO of the year for Army support

    The 71st Operations Support Squadron's chief of weather station support was named the Air Education and Training Command's weather Senior NCO of the year for Army Support for 2015.Master Sgt. Richard Lawson II joined Team Vance in August, after serving a tour with the Army at the National Training

  • Base Christmas Tree lights up the plains

    An excited child draped in a flight jacket from neck to knees lit up the plains of Northwest Oklahoma Dec. 7 when she turned on the lights for the Base Christmas Tree at Vance.Bella Myers, the daughter of Master Sgt. Rick and Rachel Myers, joined Col. James Lackey, the 71st Flying Training Wing vice

  • 2 Vance Airmen earn BTZ

    Two Vance Airmen were selected to sew on E-4 six months early Dec 7 and 8 here through the Below the Zone program.BTZ is a quarterly program that allows commanders to promote a select number of outstanding E-3s to the rank of senior airman six months early.Airman 1st Class Christophore

  • Operation Cookie Cutter churns out 1,600 sweet treats

    Twenty-six volunteers from the Vance Spouses Group and other Team Vance organizations packaged freshly baked holiday cookies during Operation Cookie Cutter Nov. 17 at the Community Chapel Activities Center.Every year in November, volunteers gather at the CCAC to bake goods for Vance's deployed

  • Vance retires two working dogs in joint ceremony

    In a unique dual retirement ceremony Nov. 10, Team Vance bid farewell to two four-legged friends - military working dogs Samo and Maxik.After a combined 17 years of service at Vance and other locations around the world, the dogs were recognized for their service with Air Force Achievement Medals and