• Remembering Lou Murray

    The Dyess honorary commander program is designed to help Abilene business and civic leaders gain a more complete understanding of the day-to-day operations of Dyess Air Force Base. By understanding the operations tempo and functions of the Airmen assigned here, honorary commanders are able to

  • Attention Team Dyess: Dyess kiddie pool closure

    The kiddie pool located at the Dyess main pool is in need of repair and will be closed until further notice. Repairs will be completed upon the arrival of needed parts; however, please be advised, the parts may not arrive prior to Sept. 1, when the pool closes for the season. Team Dyess will be

  • Avoid legal issues this political season

    Election season is right around the corner and political campaigning is ramping up. It's a good time to review campaigning restrictions placed on military members and civilian Department of Defense employees. Restrictions are imposed to avoid any inference that an individual's political activities

  • Bagram C-130J loadmasters use new system for airdrops

    A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron completed an airdrop for the Afghan National Army using the new Wireless Gate Release System Aug. 1, 2014 at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan. While still in the testing phase in the U.S., the WGRS, is the primary method crews

  • Prevention before protection

    Being on the lookout for daisy chained surge protectors or running a routine fire drill might seem like mundane tasks to some Airmen, but these small processes have potential for disaster if not done correctly. That's where the Airmen of the 7th Civil Engineer Fire Protection Office step in. "Having

  • Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions

    Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and

  • Dyess’ newest senior NCO selects prep for the future

    Thirty-one Dyess Airmen recently selected for promotion to master sergeant or recently promoted to E-7 participated in a local seminar to prepare them for the Air Force's highest enlisted tier. The senior noncommissioned officer seminar is designed to augment and enhance supervisory and leadership