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  • Congratulations to Dyess major selects

    Congratulations to the following captains who were selected for major:7th OGDIGIOIA, SCOTT M 9 BS DYKAS, JAMES E 9 BS FOURNIER, RICHARD M 9 BS KRAMER, JOSPEH K 9 BS PATCHEN, ERIK M 9 BS RANAUDO, BRIAN M 9 BS STEGALL, SIDNEY L JR 9 BS WALLACE, BRIAN P 9 BS ANAYA, LANNY REY 28 BS DIEHL, DANIEL C 28

  • ALS graduates

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Airman Leadership Class 08-A:Manuel Aponte, 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Adam Beaver, 40th Airlift Squadron Brian Bland, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron Christopher Brushett, 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Joseph Castleman, 317th Aircraft

  • New notice informs computer users of consent of monitoring

    Users of DoD computer systems at Dyess soon will see a new notice on their government computer screens informing them that their e-mails are subject to monitoring and that use of the computer means they recognize and consent to that monitoring. The revised language will appear at Dyess in December,

  • MEO, EEO unite

    For several years, two agencies have existed to deal with the discriminatory complaints and concerns of base personnel. The Equal Employment Office assisted civilians, while Military Equal Opportunity aided those of us in uniform. With financial cut backs and force reductions, from the air staff

  • 40AS drops leaflets urging Iraqis to help capture insurgents

    More than one million leaflets were pushed out of a 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules over ten designated drop zones urging local citizens to provide information on three top leaders of an armed insurgent militia in Iraq. The leaflets are the wanted posters of the region and were

  • A new Hercules for the 21st Century

    A multi-million dollar Herculean effort is underway to bring the avionics systems for more than 400 C-130's into the 21st century. Ship No. 2 of the C-130 Avionic Modernization Program made a brief layover here Nov. 26, and opened its doors for Team Dyess to view the changes made. Outside it looks

  • Lighthouse gives Dyess jobs to visually impaired locals

    Dyess' service center hires an unusual group of cashiers and shelf stockers - they might not be able to see what they're selling, but they keep up with the flow of patrons as well as or better than any other customer service personnel. The San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind, an organization that

  • Dyess Hercs contribute to AMC's million sorties flown since 9/11

    Air Mobility Command passed a major milestone Nov. 19, when an AMC aircraft flew the command's one millionth sortie since Sept. 11, 2001. The landmark flight was a C-17 mission flown to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. The crew was from the 62nd Airlift Wing's 10th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash. To