• Celebrate season with Fall Fest '04

    Team Vance -- Family Fall Fest is coming!! As some of you may be aware, Team Vance's annual Family Fall Fest is happening this Thursday at the youth center. It's free to all Team Vance families and is our biggest base-wide event that our Services folks sponsor. Unfortunately, I missed last year's

  • USAFA, 20 years later

    Two weekends ago, I made my first reunion pilgrimage back to the U.S. Air Force Academy to get together with a lot of my classmates from the Class of 1984. I had missed the class 10-year reunion because of a change of station from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, to Tyndall AFB, Fla., so I was

  • Funded wing projects on the rise

    Team Vance -- you made another miracle happen! Many of our civil engineer professionals (under the leadership of John Cole and Col Fred Cheney) have done plenty of homework to posture the wing for CE success. It hasn't been a secret that force protection for our base and its people have been (and

  • There is 'I' in team, teamwork

    We've all heard the saying, "there's no I in the word team," but I'd like to try to dispel that thought. Webster dictionary defines a team as a number of persons associated together in any work and teamwork as work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor. Keeping that in

  • Civic leaders see Air Force in action

    Team Vance -- what a trip it was!! Through the efforts of Capt Heather Kekic, Bob Farrell and the entire public affairs team, Command Chief Jeff Kallas and I hosted 30 community leaders to take a whirlwind two-day trip to "see our U.S. Air Force in action!" The trip began 6 a.m. Sept. 9 when we met

  • Taking AIM at basewide inspection

    "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." -- Mark Twain "Help! Nothing has been done with this program since the last inspection and the primary point

  • Southbound, still safe-minded

    Team Vance, it is with mixed emotions that I write this last article for the Airscoop. I have been blessed with an opportunity to command the 321st Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. My family and I depart Vance AFB today after only 17 months with a team of truly professional

  • Wing hoping for FP improvements

    Team Vance -- we are poised for success! Welcome back from the long three (maybe three plus)-day Labor Day weekend! Minus the odd Saturday evening thunderstorm that brought more rain to the base, I trust you and your family enjoyed a pleasant and sunny break from the smell of JP-8, and you returned

  • Olympic athletes provide valuable life lessons to military

    As I watched the Summer Olympics, I was amazed and inspired by the training, determination and sheer adrenaline the world's top athletes exhibited as they competed for Olympic medals. As a passionate runner and veteran of 12 marathons, my heart raced as I watched the women's marathon; a daunting

  • Poor decisions continue to be made

    Team Vance -- our errors in judgment continue! Our recent streak of making bad decisions regarding alcohol continued this past weekend when two Team Vance Airmen were arrested -- one for driving under the influence, a DUI, and the other for underage drinking! Additionally, the car was occupied by