• Dyess Airmen return home from tour overseas

    Dyess Airmen assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, 40th Airlift Squadron and 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron return home Sept. 11, 2014, from a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Horn of Africa Operations.

  • 7th MDG members sharpen IPPD skills

    The 7th Medical group hosted training for members of its In-Place Patient Decontamination team here, Sept. 2-Sept. 5, 2014.Medical group staff stood up a functional IPPD unit for training purposes to practice decontaminating personnel affected by a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Lt. Gen. Everhart visits Dyess

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, 18th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Rodewald, 18th AF command chief, visited the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing units here Aug. 26-27.To gain a comprehensive understanding of the 317th AG's mission, accomplishments and

  • Dyess program builds relationships with local businesses

    The 7th Contracting Squadron hosted its second annual Air Force Small Business Outreach Program event Aug. 20, 2014, at the Dyess Event Center here. The Small Business Outreach Program is designed to educate local businesses on potential opportunities for them to participate in acquisitions at

  • Changes to academic degree and developmental education expectations

    Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance.The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected

  • Joint EOD training at Dyess

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams from Dyess Air Force Base and Fort Hood, Texas, trained here Aug. 11-12 to increase knowledge and experience for home station and deployment operations.During two days of training, Airmen from the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight worked alongside U.S. Army

  • Thursdays with the Chief: Meet Senior Airman Ryan White

    Senior Airman Ryan White, 7th Component Maintenance Squadron support technician, shadowed the 7th Bomb Wing command chief as part of the "Thursdays with Chief" program.The program helps Airmen understand the big Air Force picture and allows them behind closed doors to experience first-hand the work