• OPM to Notify Employees of Cybersecurity Incident

    The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Department of Defense have announced that a recent cybersecurity incident may have exposed personal information of current and federal employees.  Although further details about the incident itself are not being released publicly at this time, it

  • Dyess awarded Texas Medal of Honor

    Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess, Dyess Air Force Base's namesake, was posthumously awarded the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor for 2015, April 30, in Austin, Texas.Every two years, the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor Selection Committee votes to award the Medal of Honor to two persons: one to a

  • 337th TES operationally tests Block 16, INS-R in Asia-Pacific

    On May 18, the last of two 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron B-1B Lancers returned to Dyess from a training mission to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during which the B-1's Block-16 upgrade and inertial navigation system replacement (INS-R) were evaluated on long-duration and trans-hemispheric

  • Dyess congratulates newest graduates of ALS

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Airman Leadership Class 15-E May 14:Senior Airman Darian J. Allen, 7th Logistics Readiness SquadronSenior Airman Taylor J. Allison, 7th Component Maintenance SquadronSenior Airman Cesar A. Almonte, 7th Force Support SquadronSenior Airman

  • Dyess Fitness Center implements 24/7 gym access

    The Dyess Fitness Center introduced a 24-hour fitness access program May 13, to allow military members, dependents and retirees to have continuous gym access at their own convenience.The new program is led through the Air Force Services Transformation Initiative, which has approved the fitness

  • New mentoring program at Dyess

    Mentoring is an important aspect of the United States Air Force. By helping young Airmen develop, we are also developing the Air Force structure.Tech. Sgt. Holli Edgett, assigned to the 7th Medical Support Squadron and Dyess 5/6 club vice president, started a Speed Mentorship program February 2015

  • 317th AG frames new C-130J TTPs

    The 317th Airlift Group here has developed training, tactics and procedures for C-130Js flying within contested, degraded or operationally constrained environments or CDOs.With modern-day technology, equipment that sends or receives an electronic current or signal can potentially be affected by an

  • World's Largest Barbecue returns to Dyess

    For the first time in nearly 40 years, the Abilene Chamber of Commerce's World's Largest Barbeque was held at Dyess Air Force Base, marking the 50th anniversary of the event.This year's barbeque was held in conjunction with the 2015 Dyess Big Country Airfest, the Dyess open house and airshow, which

  • Memorial service to be held for Dyess Airman

    A memorial service is to be held in honor of Airman 1st Class Anirude Andy Sukhdeo at 4 p.m. on May 13, 2015, at the chapel here.Twenty-four year old Sukhdeo was killed in a motorcycle accident on State Highway 351 in Abilene, May 10, 2015.Sukhdeo was an aerospace ground equipment journeyman