Pilots and air traffic controllers have a sometimes contentious relationship.
It is the job of air traffic controllers, after all, to tell pilots where to go.
But pilots know, without the unseen men and women leaning over radar screens in some darkened room, their chances of having an accident would grow exponentially.
“We’re always professional in the Ghostriders,” said Lt. read more...

A Vance Air Force Base graduate who now commands Air Force Material Command, will be featured speaker at the graduation ceremony for Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 08-09 at 10 a.m. read more...

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Tom Harris doesn’t like to brag.
The civilian terminal instrument proceduralist with Vance Air Force Base Radar Approach Control, is pretty low-key about what he does.
Capt. read more...

G-forces are always a factor in training aircraft such as the T-6 and the T-38. Vision changes, incapacitation and G-induced loss of consciousness are just a few of the physiological changes that can occur as a result of exposure to G-forces. read more...

Between 10-15 planning volunteers are needed to help with Camp Tomahawk.
Volunteers would give about two hours each (over a two-week period).
All volunteers are welcome to help in any way with the coordination and planning. read more...

A call to arms! When I was halfway through T-37s during pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., the leadership called us into the base theater and informed us that due to the post-Gulf War draw down, they would be changing the way the assignment process worked. read more...

My 6-year-old sat at the kitchen table reading a comic book. Maybe not reading it, exactly, but looking at the pictures of trucks slamming on the brakes with a SCREECH! And Marines hitting the deck when they hear a CRASH!
I wasn’t too surprised. read more...

Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month provides people an opportunity to enhance the human relations climate through increased awareness and understanding of the accomplishments and contributions of Asian-Pacific Americans. read more...

Gaslight Theatre holds auditions for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific.”
Auditions take place at 2 p.m. read more...

WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Airmen may now automatically receive full replacement value protection from the moving company on damage their household goods might incur during a move, Air Force officials announced Wednesday. read more...

Air Force Services provides a scholarship through the Air Force Club Membership Scholarship Program for current club members and their families.
This year’s program includes 25 $1,000 scholarships to the top 25 entries. read more...

Saturday, 7 p.m.

DEFINITELY MAYBE — A 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. read more...

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Staff Sgt. Terrell Smith gives 110 percent to Vance Air Force Base with his involvement in the chapel, base honor guard, Traumatic Stress Response team, Monty’s and as a unit physical training leader — and Team Vance is blessed to have him as the May Warrior of the Month. read more...

FORT LEE, Va. — It is May and the color green is bursting forth, but for some diligent students it’s not just the “garden variety” green found in the back yard. read more...

Kids’ Fit Fest takes place from 9:30 a.m. to noon May 31.
Fit Fest will begin with the America’s Armed Forces Kids Run at 9:30 a.m. read more...

Airmen must be fit to fight at a moment’s notice. This includes the mental and physical endurance to take the fight where it needs to be. read more...

This is a journal from 2nd Lt. James Justice, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 08-15, who provides an inside look at JSUPT training at Vance. read more...

WASHINGTON (AFPN) —Officials with the Air Force Integrated Delivery System and Community Action Information Board are sponsoring the 2008 Community Assessment Survey. read more...

Top pick
The play’s the thing
Gaslight Theatre, 221 N. Independence, presents the one-act play, “Eleemosynary” at 8 p.m. read more...