The 9,000-square-foot operations maintenance building, part of Armed Forces Reserve Center under construction on the south end of Vance Air Force Base, will provide space to service more than 200 wheeled vehicles used by soldiers with Army Reserve and Oklahoma Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo / Joe B. Wiles)
On weekends, Vance Air Force Base is quiet, going into what 71st Flying Training Wing commander Col. Chris Nowland calls “Sleepy Hollow mode.”
That all will change this fall with the opening of Armed Forces Reserve Center being built on the south end of the base.
Construction is ahead of schedule for the $18.7 million facility, which will feature a 60,000-square-foot training building and 9,000-square-foot vehicle maintenance building, known as Organizational Maintenance Shop.
The contracted completion date is Oct. read more...
The commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center will be the featured speaker at the graduation ceremony for Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-05 at 10 a.m. read more...
U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis E. LeMay once said if he had to come up with one word to define leadership, it would be “responsibility.”
We have seen many examples of leaders taking responsibility in the Air Force during our 60-year history. read more...
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Our Air Force has many traditions. Some we inherited from other services; others are more recent and will take time to fully develop. read more...
Jay Black, energy management control system operator with CSC Applied Technologies Civil Engineering, monitors the system. Black and fellow operators Byron Gainer and John Gephart play a crucial role in Vance Air Force Base’s attempts to reduce energy consumption. (U.S. Air Force photo / Ensign Rex Miller)
With five months remaining in the Air Education and Training Command Energy Management Incentive Award program, Vance Air Force Base sits in fifth place out of 11 bases.
“Our energy conservation efforts during this particularly harsh winter have kept us in the game, and we are poised to make a surge into the top three over the next two months,” said Dan Calvert, mechanical and energy engineer with CSC Applied Technologies Civil Engineering. read more...
71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron at Vance Air Force Base is holding a retirement luncheon for Donald Gould at 11 a.m. read more...
Col. Chris Nowland, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, engages tactical targets from a Humvee during the official opening of the base firing range Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo / Terry Wasson)
Senior Vance Air Force Base commanders and members of Enid Police Department attended the grand opening of the base firing range Wednesday after a $2.1 million renovation enclosed the range.
In place of a traditional ribbon cutting, the range officially was opened when a Humvee entered the range carrying Col. read more...
THE FOURTH KIND — A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years, with accusations of a federal cover up. read more...
Staff Sgt. Jessica Wilson, with the 71st Flying Training Wing Chapel staff, was named Outstanding Chaplain Assistant Airman in the Air Education and Training Command for 2009.
Wilson, who came to Vance Air Force Base out of tech school six years ago, was selected for the award based on her work in the Vance and Enid communities and her efforts during a six-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, last year.
While in Bagram, she was in charge of distributing more than two tons of health care items and clothing to Afghan, U.S. read more...
A new hotline is available to coordinate the return of missing property to owners.
Those missing property who believe it to be located on Vance Air Force Base should call 213-5555 and leave a message with a description of the property, a name and phone number. read more...
The 332nd Fighter Group was the first combat group of black pilots to fly in World War II. (www.blackhistory.noaa.gov)
TACOMA, Wash. (AFNS) — As a high school senior in 1944, retired Lt. Col. Edward Drummond thought he would do the patriotic thing after he graduated and join the Air Corps. read more...
This is a journal from 2nd Lt. Lynn Aird, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-14. read more...
Shrove Tuesday Matthew, 2, and his sister, Kendall, 3, attend the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper prepared by the Vance Air Force Base Chapel staff. More than 100 attended the event, which was held in Community Chapel Activity Center Tuesday. In addition to pancakes, waffles and fixings, carnival games and a bouncy house were available for the families participating in the event. Shrove Tuesday, like Mardi Gras, is a final feast before the beginning of the Lent season. The chapel will host Lent luncheons at noon March 10, 17, 24 and 31. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Agneta Murnan)
Vance will host Area 6 Special Olympics on base March 25. Volunteers are needed for registration, facilities, track athletics, field athletics, wheelchair athletics, Olympic village, awards and volunteer registration.
To volunteer send an e-mail including contact information and event of interest to Holly Eckstein at holly.eckstein@vance.af.mil, or Tina Aleshire at tina.aleshire@vance.af.mil. read more...
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy and his family, supporters of FitFamily, make up the featured family at http://www. usafFitFamily.com.
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — Within the first week of the launch of FitFamily, more than 2,000 families have signed up for the program at http://www. read more...
Knowledge may be power, but that’s only the case if you put what you know into good use. Sure, it’s a common phrase that can be used in many different situations, but when applying it to car care, weeding through the myths can result in financial savings and longer vehicle life. read more...
Female flight suits are available for issue at Individual Equipment Unit, Building 244.
Those eligible to wear flight suits can contact their resource adviser for financial authorization.
For information, call IEU customer service at 213-7489 or 7167. read more...
• Contemporary Worship Service — 11 a.m. Sundays at Base Chapel.
• Children’s Church — 11 a.m. read more...
Capt. John Michael Fowler and Tech. Sgt. Rich Pakula, both 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., care for earthquake victims from Haiti aboard a C-130 Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo / Maj. (Dr.) Stephen Boskovich)
KEESLER AFB, Miss. — The 81st Medical Group’s Critical Care Air Transport teams are providing care to victims of the Haiti earthquake airlifted to hospitals in Florida.
Keesler CCATT teams had completed eight medical missions as of Feb. read more...
The observatory at Northern Oklahoma College Enid is open every Wednesday and Thursday, weather permitting. read more...
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 Capt. Joshua M. Coakley, C-17, McChord AFB, Wash.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 1st Lt. Matthew C. Burton, C-17, Travis AFB, Calif.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 1st Lt. Ryan L. Powell, KC-10, McGuire AFB, N.J.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 1st Lt. Matthew R. Twedell, C-130J, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 1st Lt. William T. Hacker, B-52, Barksdale AFB, La.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 1st Lt. Nathan R. Skavdal, T-6, Vance AFB
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 Ensign Jeremy R. Thomson, E-6, Tinker AFB
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Benjamin F. Fifield, C-130, Dyess AFB, Texas
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Jonathan R. Florsz, RPA, Creech AFB, Nev.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Steven A. Janner, C-130, Peterson AFB, Colo.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Anders M. Karlsen, RPA, Creech AFB, Nev.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Tyler W. Lowdon, F-15C, Kingsley Field, Ore.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Anthony R. Norman, F-16, Kelly Field, Texas
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Katherine J. Suhrhoff, C-130J, Ramstein AB, Germany
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. David W. Wilfong, C-17, McGuire AFB, N.J.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 10-05 2nd Lt. Mitchell R. Wood, KC-10, Travis AFB, Calif.
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