Senior Airman Todd Scott, an air traffic controller with the 71st Operations Support Squadron at Vance and a running back for the Enid Enforcers, cuts to evade defenders on a carry. (Courtesy photo by Michael Kellner)
Several members of Team Vance contribute to the success of the Enid Enforcers, a local semi-professional football team. read more...
New Vance Air Force Base historian, Adriane Askins Neidinger, is new to the Air Force, and to the military. Her background is in maritime history and underwater archeology. (Staff Photo by Billy Hefton)
“History,” according to Cicero, the Roman author, orator and politician, “is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.”
“Antiquity,” does not include U.S. read more...
The first of the new construction homes near the main gate are within three months of occupancy, said Ron Hanson, the project manager for Hunt Construction, at the Vance Housing Privatization Partnering meeting held March 12. read more...
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — If you ever have the chance to observe a flight debrief after a training sortie, you should jump at the chance. read more...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — One of the Air Force’s top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California, killing a test pilot for prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
The F-22A Raptor crashed at 10 a.m. read more...
"During our first week, we brought in $18,867 dollars with 30 percent contact,” said Capt. Kris Ostrowski, Air Force Assistant Fund point of contact. read more...
• Duty: T-1 Jayhawk instructor pilot for the 32nd Flying Training Squadron.
• Hometown: Perley, Minn.
• Favorite PT regimen: Running.
• Mission contributions: Erlandson served as a family liaison officer for a fellow 32nd FTS instructor pilot who was diagnosed with cancer. read more...
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — About 614,000 service members are saving for retirement in the federal Thrift Savings Program, which was opened to military members in 2002, a senior Pentagon official said.
The TSP, explained Chuck Witschonke, assistant director of military compensation for economic analysis, is a U.S. read more...
Vance’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program and the Airman & Family Readiness Center have teamed up to present “Protecting your kids from Internet predators,” at 11:30 a.m. read more...
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Defense Department officials here released a congressional report that examines sexual assault allegations in the military services and sets policies for reducing incidents. read more...
Enid Farmer’s Market, an Oklahoma Grown Certified Farmers Market, will make its debut later this spring.
The market, to be located at the corner of Grand and Garriott in the old Rock Island train depot, will open May 2.
Normal operating hours are 8 a.m. read more...
WASHINGTON, (AFPN) — Improvements in dormitories, child development centers and energy conservation plans will come to fruition as the Air Force receives about $1.7 billion in Defense-related appropriations through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, military finance officials said. read more...
Capt. Karen Jordan and Iraqi investigator Athra’a look over legal files March 3 in Baghdad, Iraq. The investigators collect evidence and witnesses for trials. Jordan is a lawyer for the 732nd Central Criminal Court of Iraq. She is a native of Raleigh, N.C., and deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)
BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL ZONE, Iraq (AFNS) — Iraqi judges, lawyers and investigators walk through the hallowed halls of the Central Criminal Court of Iraq here. read more...
The Grand National Gun Club southwest of Kremlin is open for the 2009 season.
Trap and skeet are available to the public on Wednesdays from 4 to 9 p.m. read more...
A retirement and relief of command ceremony for Lt. Col. Thomas W. Tyson, commander of the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron, will be 3:30 p.m. read more...
BEDTIME STORIES — A family comedy about a hotel handyman (Adam Sandler) whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true. read more...
For the first time in the company’s 47-year history, Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma’s premiere professional theatre company, will perform a fully developed musical outside its home venue in Oklahoma City.
A special presentation of “Woody Sez, the Words, Music, & Spirit of Woody Guthrie,” has been underwritten by Continental Resources. read more...
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A taste of ‘Arsenic’
Gaslight Theatre, 221 N. Independence, presents “Arsenic and Old Lace,” at 8 p.m. read more...
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