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  • 9th EBS maintainers ensure BTF success

    9th EBS maintainers ensure BTF success

    As the B-1B Lancer aircraft soars through the skies, enabling the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) aircrew to conduct missions in the Indo-Pacific region during a Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, there’s one big reason for their success: maintenance.Maintenance Airmen work around the clock to ensure aircrew
  • Photo depicts the Dyess Memorial Park from the front, midday.

    Dyess Memorial Park wins 2020 USAF Design Honor Award

    The Dyess Memorial Park has been awarded the 2020 Air Force Design Honor Award in the Landscape Architecture category at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 14, 2020. The Honor award is the highest achievement among the three levels in the United States Air Force Design Awards Program, with the intent of the awards to set the benchmark of design
  • Two B-1B Lancer aircraft prepare to land during a Bomber Task Force deployment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 21, 2020.

    Dyess Airmen arrive in Indo-Pacific for Bomber Task Force, integrate with Koku-Jieitai, U.S. Navy

    Approximately 200 Airmen and four B-1B Lancer aircraft with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) from Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam, to conduct Bomber Task Force missions in support of Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners and joint forces, Oct. 20, 2020.
  • Julie Umfleet, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Umfleet, 317th Airlift Wing command chief, pose for a photo at the Air Force Ball at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 7, 2020. The Umfleets posed infront of a static C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

    Chief & Julie Umfleet: Growing Together

    In August 1997, Chief Master Sgt. Mark Umfleet, 317th Airlift Wing command chief, married his wife, Julie, less than a month before his Air Force journey began.
  • Staff Sgt. Jordan Elkins, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron fire inspector, right, reads a Fire Prevention Week proclamation to Col. Ed Sumangil, 7th Bomb Wing commander, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 5, 2020. Sumangil declared that the week will be dedicated to bringing awareness to common household fire hazards while educating the community of standard fire safety and prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell)

    7 BW commander signs Fire Prevention Week proclamation

  • Dyess Air Force Base leadership and Airmen await the arrival of Air Force Global Strike Command leadership on the flightline at Dyess AFB, Texas, Sept. 30, 2020. AFGSC is comprised of approximately 33,700 professionals assigned to two Numbered Air Forces and nine wings that provide strategic deterrence, global strike and command support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell)

    AFGSC commander visits Dyess AFB

  • Leading for Innovation students work together on their project at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 16, 2020

    Dyess leads the way with innovation course

    Innovation. Use of the word by commanders and Airmen alike has become a trend around the Air Force, but what exactly does it mean?“Innovation for me means finding new ideas specifically for improving or bettering the life of people around you,” said Senior Airman Jan Mariel Punelas, Leading for Innovation student from Minot Air Force Base, North
  • Photo of a B-1 Lancer pilot looking out of window.

    Going lean: 345th EBS wraps up Bomber Task Force Mission

    Go lean or go home. That was the strategy adopted by leadership of the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron when the call went out in late July for B-1B Lancers to accomplish an emergent Bomber Task Force mission out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The unit, based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, took fewer than 60 Reserve and active-duty Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing and 7th BW in support of the BTF.

  • Dyess ADAPT and suicide prevention

    You may know that September is Suicide Prevention Month. You may also know 25 per 100,000 Active-Duty service-members die by suicide, that 20 veterans die daily from suicide, or that 48,000 Americans kill themselves each year. But do you know why?
  • An aircraft fire trainer sits between two 7th Civil Engineer Squadron Rosenbauer Panther fire trucks at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 15, 2020. The fire department conducted routine training to ensure the Airmen are prepared to protect the aircrew, cargo and aircraft in the event of a real-world aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell)

    Dyess AFB firefighter training gets heated

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