Latest "Vance Air Force Base" stories

Thunderstorm damage to Vance’s T-6 fleet will slow pilot training

At least 12 T-6s require intensive repairs before they can return to flight, base spokesperson Terri Schaefer said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 months ago

Can the Air Force train new pilots without planes?

Goodbye, T-1 Jayhawk. Hello, simulators.

By Rachel S. Cohen

11 months ago

Dyess, Charleston officers latest to go in string of Air Force firings

A bomber maintenance squadron commander recently lost her job at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, just two days before a mobility wing commander at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., lost his.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Commander of 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance AFB relieved

Col. Jay Johnson, 71st FTW’s vice commander, has temporarily assumed command.

By Air Force Times staff

3 years ago

How the Air Force halved T-6 hypoxia cases in 2019

Pilots flying the T-6 trainer had 41 hypoxia-like episodes in 2019.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

Family blasts fatal T-38 crash report as ‘grossly incomplete,’ demands simultaneous landings end

“We will be forever proud of Travis and what he accomplished, yet anguished all was lost to a preventable accident,” 2nd Lt. Travis Wilkie's parents said.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago