• Commander's Corner

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

  • Dyess receives first operational IBS-upgraded B-1

    The first operational B-1B Lancer with the Integrated Battle Station upgrade, landed here Jan. 21 with a ceremony celebrating its arrival Jan. 24.The IBS is a combination of three different upgrades, which include a Fully Integrated Data Link, a Vertical Situation Display Upgrade and a Central

  • Dyess K-9 trainers receive Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals

    Two 7th Bomb Wing Security Forces Airmen received two of the highest military awards available during a ceremony Jan. 24, here. "These two defenders are heroes and warriors," said Brig. Gen. Glen VanHerck, 7th BW commander. "They selflessly go down range to save lives without hesitation."Staff Sgt.

  • ACC announces 7th CPTS as comptroller squadron, finance services of the year

    Air Combat Command recently announced that the 7th Comptroller Squadron received the Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers Comptroller Squadron of the Year award and the Financial Services Office of the Year award during the 2013 Financial Management and Comptroller Annual Awards. "We are so proud and blessed

  • Protecting what's yours

    Would you leave your front door to your home wide open? Every day across the Air Force, people are freely giving information to the world by leaving the front door to their identity open.Personally identifiable information is something most of us deal with on a daily basis. Maybe it's your own

  • Commander's Corner

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

  • What does it take to become a key spouse?

    What does it take to become a key spouse? It's not just a title. It's a selfless commitment to be there for fellow military families. Key spouses are trained volunteers who are official unit representatives, role models, team players and conduits of information as a face of unit leadership to

  • Super Hercules arrives at Bagram

    On the morning of Jan. 9, 2013, the first C-130 Hercules departed Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, for the final time, while the first C-130J Super Hercules arrived from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. "With the reductions that are going on in the AOR, the U.S. Air Force has reduced the number of

  • 39th AS returns from AFRICOM deployment

    On Jan. 13, 2014, two C-130Js and more than 20 Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group, returned home to Dyess. During their six-month deployment, Airmen integrated with the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where they supported operations for U.S. Africa Command. Click here to view

  • PLAYpass boosts homefront morale

    Many Airmen have been deployed and have had to leave their families behind. Those families have to worry about many things, but thanks to the PLAYpass program there may be one less thing weighing on their minds.The PLAYpass is a redesigned Air Force program available to both active duty service