• 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

  • Staying Safe While Staying Fit

    With the sun rising later and setting sooner, it's important to keep safety in mind while out biking, running and walking. The Air Force has a set of instructions for Airmen and their families that must be followed while participating in these activities while on Air Force installations and are

  • Precise measures

    Precision is often a word associated with the pharmacy department in hospitals where attention to detail is everything and could be a matter of life and death.Last week commemorated National Pharmacy Technician Week to recognize the importance pharmacy techs play in providing patients with safe

  • Dyess Airmen are Air Force energy

    Electricity is something that many people may take for granted, and not give a second thought about how much it costs.In 2011, the Air Force spent $9.7 billion on fuel and electricity. Dyess, alone spends $111,000 per day to keep the base and all its faculties running. This is why the 7th Civil

  • Deployed bombers support first RIPN project demo

    The 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron successfully flew a mission in support of the Remotely Operated Video Enhancement Receiver (ROVER) Internet Protocol Network, or RIPN, project at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing here Sept. 24. "RIPN is the first wideband battlefield network between an airborne

  • Affordable Care Act impacts TRICARE beneficiaries

    The Affordable Care Act, also known as the health care reform law, requires you to maintain basic health care coverage--called minimum-essential coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2014.The TRICARE program is considered minimum-essential coverage under the ACA. The Internal Revenue Service will use

  • Airman Leadership School Class 13-G

    Thirty Airmen graduated Airman Leadership School here October 17. The 30 students of class 13-G spent more than five weeks learning leadership, followership, how to write enlisted performance reports and more. Names with (*) indicate individuals who graduated with distinction. Below are the

  • Club memberships hold many benefits

    Air Force clubs could soon become a thing of the past. Without enough members and under the Air Force's current fiscal constraints, they will disappear slowly. Becoming a club member not only supports club operations but all other force support squadron non appropriated fund recreational activities

  • 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

  • Have a fun and safe Halloween!

    With the night of orange and black festivities drawing closer, tricksters - young and old - are reminded to keep safety in mind. The major dangers are not from witches or spirits, but rather from falls and pedestrian accidents. Children ages 5-14 are more likely to be killed while walking due to