VANCE AIR FORCE BASE — An elite team of guardians are stalking an invisible predator at Vance Air Force Base, killing the COVID-19 virus and any of its harmful cousins.

Twenty-three junior officers are set to graduate Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, in a joint graduation of SUPT Classes 20-20 and 20-21, 10 a.m. today at Vance Air Force Base.

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) — Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, were the first to locate three missing mariners during a search and rescue mission in the …

Loaves & Fishes of Northwest Oklahoma is asking the community to give online to the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, to meet increased need for food assistance during the ongoing coronavirus crisis and economic downturn.

KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Hawaii (AFNS) — The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrews flew five weather reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Douglas, the season’s first hurricane in the Pacific Ocean, July 24-27, collecting data to assist Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters.

A veteran Air Force pilot was honored for his service Tuesday, with the presentation of a book commemorating the type of aircraft he flew in Vietnam and a chance to visit at Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park and Vance Air Force Base with a few pilots who followed in his footsteps.

When the United States sent men to the moon in the 1960s, the effort was largely driven by the government. But the future of the U.S. space effort will be agile innovators in the private sector who partner with the government, the Space Force’s chief scientist said.

A truck struck the East Maine bridge Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, damaging the vehicle but not causing any injuries, according to Enid police.

Former Vance Air Force Base commander and advocate retired Col. Donald “Crusher” Craigie died July 22, according to an obituary notice in his hometown of Colorado Springs, Colo.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — When you’ve had a career that has been as successful and lasted as long as the one Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel has had, it’s very likely you met many people who helped guide you along the way.

Vance Air Force Base has earned a reputation in the Air Force for meeting pilot production goals — it was the only Air Education and Training Command base to exceed its quotas in both 2018 and 2019.

Low interest rates, a backlog of business and a healthy dose of cabin fever from the COVID quarantine all are driving up home sales in Enid, local realtors report — part of a surge in home sales that recently pushed Enid into the top 10 places to sell a home in Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Pregnant and postpartum Air Force members may now attend professional military education without an exception to policy, and are also exempt from the requirement to have a passing fitness assessment prior to attending.

PENTAGON — Technical Sgt. Daniel Rakowski knows what it feels like to lose a friend to suicide and never wants to experience it again. In 2012, a friend who had recently separated from the Army died by suicide. Rakowski saw firsthand how the Soldier’s death so deeply affected those around hi…

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AP) — In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. strategic bombers, older and uglier sometimes beats newer and snazzier.

With coronavirus cases still on the rise, a replacement project on the base's longest runway and the continuing need to balance increased production with quality and safety, Col. Timothy Danielson, who assumed command at Vance Air Force Base on June 29, has his work cut out for him to continue that high standard.

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. (AFNS) — Senior Master Sgt. Venita Smith, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, has been selected as the Air National Guard recipient of the NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award 2020.

ENID — Enid photographer Patrick Wine shared an image he took Saturday night of comet NEOWISE and said he wanted to encourage Northwest Oklahoma residents to get outdoors and get interested in astronomy.

Three weeks into his new job as commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, Col. Timothy Danielson said he’s settling in, and looking forward to giving Vance airmen the tools they need to continue “producing the world’s best pilots.”

AIR NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER, Md. (AFNS) -- The U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Loh to serve as the 13th director of the Air National Guard July 20.

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — On July 17, after nearly two years serving at ‘the base on the border,’ Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, stood in the T-6A Texan II locker room preparing for his final flight as a part of Team XL.

U.S. AIR FORCE ACA­DEMY, Colo. — According to a report released by the Admissions Office at the Air Force Academy July 9, 1,145 cadets arrived at the school to begin Basic Cadet Training.

❝There's never been anyone who's done more than he did, or been a better friend to Enid, and most of it was done behind the scenes where people never saw it.❞ — Mike Cooper

❝We're developing the world's best pilots here, and when they mentioned this as a possibility to me, I was more than excited to come here.❞ — Col. Timothy Danielson, commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base

As the civil aviation industry grows, and as the Air Force faces a persistent pilot shortage, recruiters in industry and military alike are looking to a relatively untapped pool of qualified candidates — women.

When you walk into the terminal building at Enid Woodring Regional Airport, you are greeted by a collection of dozens of aircraft models, detailing about 80 years of military aviation history.

The United States Navy is set to pin gold Naval Aviator’s wings on its first Black, female tactical aviation pilot.

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force has awarded a nearly $1.2 billion contract for its first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) — Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Air Force Surgeon General chief of medical operations, toured and learned about the Transport Isolation System aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26.

Across the Air Force, opening more training seats to women has become an important part of the overall strategy to increase pilot production, and fill more open seats in operational cockpits.

Specialized Under­grad­uate Pilot Training Classes 20-18 and 20-19 will graduate a combined total of 28 junior officers in a ceremony 10 a.m. today, at the Vance Air Force Base Auditorium.

Enid’s own “Lady Liberty” flew over the nation’s capital on the Fourth of July, in a fly-over of historic and active-duty military aircraft coordinated by the Department of Defense.

Enid’s latest public art project “Under Her Wing was the Universe” is complete and already attracting visitors.