Team Vance will be well represented Sept. 20 at the 12th annual U.S. Air Force Marathon, with several members taking part.
One Team Vance member will participate in the half-marathon as part of another team, however, team Jones.
Tori Jones, a contract employee with Vance Air Force Base’s 71st Medical Group, will run with her father, Lt. read more...
A Culture of Responsible Choices is much more than attempts to prevent drunk driving, said Chaplain (Capt.) Zachary Nash, Vance’s CoRC champion. read more...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) — Charlie Witt and his brother had plans. When Charlie retired from the Air Force in September 2007 as a master sergeant after a 20-year career, he and his brother agreed to run the 2008 U.S. read more...
Four members of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 08-14 were honored Sept. 5 during the class graduation dinner at Vance Air Force Base.
In the T-1 track, 2nd Lt. read more...
Self-licking ice cream cones. Huh? Yeah, self-licking ice cream cones. Picture it for a moment. A self-licking ice cream cone stands only for its own enjoyment; no one else’s. read more...
Command of the 5th Flying Training Squadron will change hands in a ceremony at 10 a.m. today in Hangar 170.
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deployment exercise Airman 1st Class Kyle Hellstrom , 71st Communications Squadron, is processed through the deployment line Wednesday prior to departing for an exercise location on base. Vance airmen participated in this field training exercise Wednesday and Thursday.
STILLWATER — Military members who are in active-duty standing will soon be offered a discounted military rate of $250 per credit hour for distance learning courses offered through the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
Starting in the spring 2009 semester, active-duty military and reserve may receive this special military rate after being accepted into one of the distance learning programs.
To receive the military rate, members need to provide copies of their active-duty papers and a copy of their military ID when enrolling. read more...
THE LOVE GURU — Pitka (Mike Myers) an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. read more...
SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — As an early morning sun began to peek over the horizon Aug. 29, a new era in undergraduate pilot training also dawned at the 80th Flying Training Wing. read more...
WASHINGTON (AFPN) —The Air Force wrapped up the 101 Critical Days of Summer safety campaign over Labor Day weekend, ending the safest campaign in the last 10 years. read more...
U.S. Air Force Academy strong safety Chris Thomas puts Wyoming quarterback Dax Crum in a bearhug and forces Wyoming’s first fumble of the game Sept. 6 in Laramie, Wyo. Thomas recorded 13 tackles. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Van Winkle)
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AFPN) — A 74-yard end-around by U.S. Air Force Academy wide receiver Kyle Halderman broke a defensive slugfest and gave the Falcons the game-deciding play against Wyoming last Saturday in Laramie.
The teams relied solely on the run and traded field goals while the defenses ruled the first two and a half quarters with the score 6-3 in the Falcons’ favor.
“It was a little frustrating to only get field goals as points, and in the next few games we have to turn those into touchdowns,” said Falcons head coach Troy Calhoun.
But by calling the end-around, Calhoun found a way to find one touchdown. read more...
Kealoha, an American Girl Travelling Doll that belongs to Katherine McDaniel, poses by a donkey pen near Cannon AFB, N.M., during her almost year-long journey to visit military and civilian host families. Katherine is the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Kenneth McDaniel with the 71st Flying Training Wing here. (Photo by Rebecca LeRoy)
Military bases all over the world host hundreds of distinguished visitors every year, but this year some bases will be hosting a DV unlike any other. read more...
The memorial for John Yamnicky and the other 183 people killed on board American Airlines Flight 77 that hit the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001, is shown. Yamnicky is the father of Master Sgt. Jennifer Yamnicky, an Air National Guardsman stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo)
WASHINGTON (AFPN) — In the morning hours of Sept. 11, 2001, Master Sgt. Jennifer Yamnicky’s father, John, boarded American Airlines Flight 77 out of Dulles International Airport. read more...
Using a hand-held cell phone while driving on base will result in a citation. Cell phone use diverts a driver’s attention, increasing the chance of accident and injury. (Photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)
Your phone rings and you instinctively reach and answer it. Only this is not your home phone but your cell phone and you are driving on base. read more...
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS), along with 30 other military and veterans organizations, members of the National Military Veterans Alliance, delivered letters to four key senators upon their return to Washington this week urging action on several important issues as they resume work on the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA (S. read more...
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