• Dyess Motorcycle Rodeo

    A motorcycle safety rodeo took place at Dyess Air Force Base July 1, 2015, in the parking lot of the Base Exchange.The event was a joint effort between Dyess, the Green Knights and officers from the Abilene Police Department to raise awareness on motorcycle safety and safe handling techniques.The

  • Dyess holds first Big Country Innovation Challenge

    Team Dyess held its first Big Country Innovation Challenge at the 317th Airlift Group auditorium here, June 26.The challenge promoted the development of new ideas or concepts to improve operations at Dyess and across the Air Force. Nine ideas from 13 competitors were illustrated through a web-based

  • Summer of five transitions encourages innovation

    What if, instead of muting and storing your cell phone during a commander's call, you took it out of your pocket and began typing and texting in plain sight?At a commander's call hosted by Col. Michael Bob Starr, 7th Bomb Wing commander, that's exactly what happened.Starr invited Airmen of all ranks

  • EOD Range Active

    EOD will be conducting live demolition training on the range between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on 2 July, 2015.For questions, please contact EOD at (325) 696-4109.

  • Dyess Airmen participate in CAPEX

    Twenty Dyess Airmen from the 7th Munitions Squadron participated in the Pacific Air Forces' 2015 Combat Ammunition Production Exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 31- June 6.CAPEX evaluates a host unit's mission readiness. It also provides training in mass, live munitions production

  • Team Dyess completes Linear Air Park restoration

    More than 120 Team Dyess volunteers completed a major restoration project of 36 aircraft June 12, finishing the refurbishment of the C-130E Hercules near the front gate at the Linear Air Park.Originally established through the Texas Museum of Military History in 1981, the park is a two-mile-long

  • Traffic Delays at Arnold Gate

    ATTENTION TEAM DYESS:Due to a previously scheduled event please expect some traffic delay at the Arnold Gate June 16 from 7:30-8 a.m. The Tye Gate will be open, with no expected delays.

  • Memorial service to be held for Dyess Airman

    A memorial service is to be held in honor of Senior Airman Leanne Locascio at 12:30 p.m. June 12, at the base theater here.Twenty-five year old Locascio was killed in a motorcycle accident on FM 126 near Mulberry Canyon, approximately 15 miles outside of Abilene, June 6, 2015.Locascio was assigned

  • UPDATED: Dyess Airman passes away after motorcycle accident

    An Airman assigned to the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base was pronounced dead at University Hospital on June 6, 2015.Senior Airman Leanne Locascio was transported from Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene to University Hospital in Lubbock, to be treated for injuries suffered

  • Dyess Airman passes away after motorcycle accident

    An Airman assigned to the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Lubbock on June 6, 2015.The Airman was transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries following a motorcycle accident on FM 126 in Mulberry Canyon.The name of the