Vance Air Force Base

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

Firefighters

From left, Staff Sgt. Rich Durstine, Staff Sgt. Brandon Batista, Senior Airman Peter Brosnan, Senior Airman Matthew Salyers and Airman 1st Class Cody Thomas train on extracting a pilot from a T-38. They are part of the 31-man team of firefighters deployed to Vance during the labor dispute. The firefighters come from Columbus AFB, Miss., Luke AFB, Ariz., Tyndall AFB, Fla., Randolph AFB, Texas, and Altus AFB, Okla. (Photo/Senior Master Sgt. Russell Eidenschink)

Details Download

Firefighters

Air Force firefighters from Columbus AFB, Miss., Luke AFB, Ariz., Tyndall AFB, Fla., Randolph AFB, Texas, and Altus AFB, Okla., deployed to Vance to provide fire protection for Airmen and their families during the labor dispute. (Photo/Senior Master Sgt. Russell Eidenschink)

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) Colonel Benson, Colonel Thelen and a Vance firefighter make their way through the burning aircraft at the airfield rescue firefighting training facility.

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) The airfield rescue firefighting training facility, located at the end of the runway, gives firefighters the opportunity to have realistic training in combating aircraft fires. The system uses propane and is controlled by trainers. This aircraft mockup can reach temperatures up to 2,000 degrees.

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) John Wilkins, Vance Fire Department driver/operator, helps Col. Bryan Benson, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, secure his personal protective equipment before responding to a simulated aircraft fire at the Vance airfield rescue firefighting facility at the south end of the runway Aug. 22. Colonel Benson and Col. Christopher Thelen, 71st Mission Support Group commander, joined the fire department for hands-on training.

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) Responding to the scene, the fire department begins the “fight” by using its roof and bumper turrets to dispense 1,000 gallons of water and firefighting agent. The trucks help clear an entry path for firefighters to enter the burning aircraft.

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) A Vance firefighter watches Colonel Benson lead the charge into the burning aircraft to douse the 1,800-degree fire. Within minutes, the flames were extinguished.

Details Download

Firefighting 101: Vance Fire Department heats things up for wing leaders

(Photo by Capt. Tony Wickman) Once the hose is connected, a crew prepares to enter the 1,800-degree fire to douse the flames. Close coordination and teamwork are integral to successful firefighting techniques. For Colonel Benson, the training event was an invigorating, controlled chaos ballet that illustrated the teamwork required of the firefighters.

Details Download

Firemen and special visitor

Saliman Bachilly-Redd, center, visits the Vance Fire Department during his special tour of Vance Air Force Base, Okla., March 26. His guide, Capt. Tom Bender, in flight suit, spent the day showing him the outstanding work of Airmen in all parts of the flying operation. The firemen are, from left, Mason Hornberger, Phil Luginbill, Aaron Creason, Tyler Koehn and David Friend. (Courtesy photo)

Details Download

Fireworks safety

The best option to ensure a safe holiday is to avoid the personal use of fireworks and attend a professional fireworks display.

Details Download

First AETC Raven team

The team from the 71st Security Forces Squadron at Vance AFB, Okla., was the first from Air Education and Training Command to successfully use the Raven unmanned aircraft system operationally. They are, standing from left, Airman 1st Class William Ritchey, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Gonzales, Airman 1st Class Kaleigh Land and Staff Sgt. Jennifer Chambers. Holding the Raven is Senior Airman Sean Patterson. (Courtesy photo)

Details Download

First class Air Mobility Fundamentals-Simulator Course graduates at Vance AFB

The names from Air Mobility Fundamentals -Simulator Course 23-09HS, the first full class to complete a simulator-only follow-on curriculum are engraved on the nose cone of the mid-tier device at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., and displayed during graduation May 1, 2023. The goal of AMF-S is to teach pilots slated for mobility, special operations forces, command, control and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, core competencies in crew resource management, autopilot, automation operations, one-engine inoperative and flight management systems to prepare pilots for follow-on training in their selected airframes. AMF-S also serves to provide the intermediate training phase between T-6A training and the complex multi-engine and multi-crew environments for the roughly 900 student pilots that train with Air Education and Training Command before transitioning to formal training units.

Details Download

First eight new housing units open soon

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Mills) A local construction company completes the final touches on the first eight new family housing units, which will be handed over to the base in a ceremony at 10 a.m. May 13. Team Vance is invited to attend the ceremony and tour an open house.

Details Download

First Lt. Agneta E. Murnan

Chief of Public Affairs

Details Download

First Lt. Jahna L. Foland

First Lt. Jahna L. Foland

Details Download

First Lts. Scott Titus, left, and Matt Zayatz

First Lts. Scott Titus, left, and Matt Zayatz are the Warriors of the Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Joe B. Wiles)

Details Download

First place trophy winner

Brittany Lostetter shows off the first-place trophy she won in the under-18 category at the Focus 5/6 Star Search talent contest June 20 at Club Vance. Brittany, the daughter of Lt. Col. Vincent Lostetter at Vance, sang “You Don’t Know Who I Am.” (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruby Barrington)

Details Download

First Sergeant of the Year

Master Sgt. Joseph Davis

Details Download

First six IFF graduates of Vance AFB

Lt. Col. Tom Tyson, 3rd Flying Training Squadron commander, along with Capt. Nathan Thompson, flight commander, stand with the first six Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course graduates at Vance Air Force Base. From left to right: 1st Lt. Jared Yankech, 1st Lt. Clay Bird, Colonel Tyson, 1st Lt. Dan Naim, 1st Lt. Jerrod Sonderman, 2nd Lt. Matt Jones, 1st Lt. John Newman and CaptainThompson. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan)

Details Download

First Solo

Lt. James Justice, student pilot in 08-15, inspects a T-6 Texan II after his first solo flight Nov. 29 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Agneta Murnan)

Details Download