• Abilene presents 49th Annual World's Largest Barbecue

    The Abilene Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee held the 49th Annual World's Largest Barbecue April 12, at the Abilene Civic Center.Each year the MAC sponsors the barbecue to thank and recognize all servicemembers in the Big Country area. "We recognize when servicemembers deploy, there

  • Message from the 7th BW Commander

    Team Dyess,Many of you have questions regarding the recent closure of the Dyess Fitness Center's indoor pool. The bottom line is that Air Force Instructions (AFIs) require lifeguards at all swimming pools, but as part of the budget cuts we have taken to our morale, welfare and recreation services,

  • Link 16: The B-1B’s future link to the battle field

    During a speech in 1989, former President Ronald Regan discussed his thoughts on the Soviet Union's philosophies of the time and said, "Information is the oxygen of the modern age... it seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified, booby-trapped borders. Breezes of

  • 7th MDG enhances awareness of public health

    The week of April 7-13 marks National Public Health Week here and the 7th Medical Group Public Health Office is celebrating by showcasing what Public Health does for Team Dyess."National Public Health Week is an observation that was started by the American Public Health Association to recognize how

  • Dyess, Abilene firefighters train together to keep blaze under control

    Firefighters from the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron and Abilene Airport Fire Department participated in live fire training here April 2 and 3.The purpose of live fire training is to evaluate and improve firefighting capabilities on various types of aircraft fires."In this live fire training, we use

  • Commander's Corner

    The Commander's Corner is a forum for the Dyess community to make suggestions or voice concerns about Dyess directly to Col. Michael Bob Starr, 7th Bomb Wing commander. Each week the Dyess Public Affairs office solicits questions via the official Dyess Facebook page, offering people an opportunity

  • Dyess Airman dies in head-on collision April 3

    An Airman assigned to the 7th Component Maintenance Squadron here died April 3, 2014 at approximately 3:20 p.m.According to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 222 at Dyess Air Force Base, Airman 1st Class Justin Phillips died on the scene when the vehicle he was operating

  • 7th SFS Airmen assist local law enforcement during bomb threat downtown

    Military working dog handlers from the 7th Security Forces Squadron responded to a bomb threat April 3 in downtown Abilene.An individual called the operator at the old Taylor County Courthouse stating a bomb was in the building. Since the Abilene Police Department and the Taylor County Sherriff's

  • Dyess Airman Dies April 3

    A Dyess Air Force Base Airman assigned to the Component Maintenance Squadron died April 3, 2014.The Airman's name is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin.The cause of death is currently under investigation and more information will be released as it becomes available.

  • Physical training uniform shortages through summer

    Airmen trying to keep chilly temperatures from affecting their workout may have a difficult time finding the Air Force improved physical training uniform, or IPTU, pants and jackets this spring and summer.The new issued IPTU is made with a softer fabric and will replace the legacy physical training