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  • Deployed Vance Airmen control Iraqi skies

    Working at the second busiest airfield in the Air Force honed the skills of two Vance AFB air traffic controllers who deployed to Ali Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Within a four-month span, we moved more than 10,000 military and civilian aircraft safely through the assigned

  • AFIT team wins national

    A select panel of distinguished senior U.S. Department of State diplomats and executives yesterday chose four students from the Air Force Institute of Technology as the winners of its national case study competition. The team, consisting of Majors Timothy Kirk, Ita Udoaka and Carolyn Wood --

  • AFIT team wins national

    A select panel of distinguished senior U.S. Department of State diplomats and executives yesterday chose four students from the Air Force Institute of Technology as the winners of its national case study competition. The team, consisting of Majors Timothy Kirk, Ita Udoaka and Carolyn Wood --

  • Air Force releases report on major's death

    The Air Force today released a report of investigation into the Feb. 15 death of Major Bryan Adrian, citing the cause of death as a pre-existing heart condition known as Long Q-T Syndrome. Major Adrian was temporarily assigned to the 342nd Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, during

  • Air Force, Army teams compete in adventure race

    While the morning sun swiftly scaled the West Texas sky, 360 Airmen, Soldiers, civilians and spouses psyched themselves up for a grueling, intense endeavor as the start of the second annual Laughlin Air Force Base Adventure Race drew near May 13. The race would take 49 teams from two branches of

  • Day in the Life of a Vance Student Pilot

    The day started early for 2nd Lt. John Lieber, much like the previous five months of undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, with a 5 a.m. wakeup and not ending until his head hit the pillow at 10 p.m. Lieutenant Lieber, a student pilot assigned to D-flight in the 8th Flying Training

  • Day in the Life of a Vance Instructor Pilot

    For the past 10 years or so, all 1st Lt. Philip McClure could think about was flying jet airplanes. Today, he lives that dream and is helping others achieve it as well. For Lieutenant McClure, a first assignment instructor pilot with Q-Flight of the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, a desire to fly was

  • Day in the Life of a Vance Flight Commander

    "I don't know if there is one." That was the reply from Capt. Eric Westby, L-Flight commander in the 32nd Flying Training Squadron, when asked what a typical day is like for a flight commander at Vance Air Force Base. "Some days it's mass chaos with fires cropping up all over the place, and I'm