• Team Vance celebrates Air Force Birthday

    Team Vance celebrated the 68th anniversary of the Air Force Sept. 25 with a Birthday Ball at the Oakwood Country Club in Enid.Retired Gen. Ronald Fogleman, the Air Force Chief of Staff from October 1994 to August 1997, was the special guest for the evening.He was joined by fellow American heroes,

  • Installation support squadron stands up at Vance

    The 71st Installation Support Squadron joined the ranks of the 71st Mission Support Group Sept. 18 during a re-designation ceremony at the Vance Collocated Club.The ISS is a conglomeration of support units from across the MSG, said Maj. Shannon Caleb, the ISS commander. The 71st Communications

  • Oktoberfest at Vance

    The 71st Operations Group will be hosting an Oktoberfest Oct. 16, and everyone is welcome. The event will incorporate class and squadron-driven competitions, CRUD tournaments, live music, authentic German beer and food and a piano burn to cap the night.Traditionally, the end of summer and beginning

  • 33FTS’ short trip to USAFA leaves long memories for pilot grads

    A government van slid through midday traffic in uptown Colorado Springs, Sept. 11.Inside, more than a dozen 33rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilots chattered about the cloud cover that kept them from landing on the U.S. Air Force Academy's airfield and forced them to land at the nearby

  • Vance Airmen running toward Air Force Marathon, Sept. 19

    For more than a dozen members of Team Vance, 30 weeks has become just one day.The Vance Running Club, a group hosted by the Bradley Fitness and Sports Center, has reached the end of the 30-week, 550-mile marathon training regimen and will run in the U.S. Air Force Marathon, in Dayton, Ohio, Sept.