• Hobby of one enlightens 800

    What started as a hobby for one Vance Air Force Base NCO has become an educational and entertainment tool for more than 800 people to date. Staff Sgt. Aaron Wesson, 71st Operations Support Squadron, began the Web site, www.wxchat.com, in July 2002 as a place for people interested in weather to learn

  • Fox Drive memorializes IP

    We drive on them all the time, but how often do we stop to consider the story behind the name of a street? The name helps us give direction and helps us find our way home, but it also often refers to important people and events in our culture and heritage. Many of the streets on Vance Air Force Base

  • Knowing expectations make chief difference

    "I was a bad Airman -- the guy who the First Term Airman Center was invented for," said Chief Master Sgt. Jim Suttles. "I was good at my job, but struggling to be a good Airman." Not what you'd expect to hear from the new 71st Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant. Changing

  • Vance chaplain candidates committed to spiritual health

    Air Force lieutenants have the opportunity to affect servicemembers and their families spiritually by becoming chaplains through the chaplain candidate program. The chaplain candidate program is a Reserve program allowing individuals to explore the military ministry option, while attending seminary.

  • Vance FAIP commands 'Return to Flight' mission

    Vance Air Force Base graduate Eileen Collins is a pilot who is accustomed to pressure and very good at breaking barriers. This week she was scheduled to make history as commander of NASA's Discovery orbiter, America's first manned flight back into space since the February 2003 Columbia accident that

  • Vance hosts historical pilot duo

    Vance Air Force Base is helping write a page in Italy's aviation history as it plays host to two of the first female pilots in the Italian Air Force. 2nd Lts. Donatella Caforio and Ida Casetti currently are assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, training on the T-37 as members of Class

  • Oklahoma takes action to regulate laws against high-interest lenders

    The negative implications of payday lending can destroy the careers and mission readiness of Oklahoma's military members, so base legal counselors and state law makers are taking action. According to the Department of Defense, Oklahoma, Florida and Georgia recently took protective steps against

  • Vance auxiliary field named after 1940s AAF bomber pilot

    General Eisenhower once praised him for "superior airmanship and extraordinary gallantry." Sixty-three years ago, this daring Oklahoma native led the first American bombing mission over occupied Europe and became the first member of the American Forces in Europe to be decorated for gallantry in

  • 'Eight ballers' risk lives for WWII reconnaissance

    On Jan. 23, 1942, Japanese forces invaded the island of Rabaul, crushing the small Australian garrison protecting the peacetime capital of New Guinea. The Japanese rapidly developed it into a massive base, complete with more than 300 miles of tunnels, underground storage and hospitals. Soon it