• SecAF announces departure

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley has announced his plan to step down June 21 as the Air Force's top civilian after serving for nearly five years. "It's been an honor and a privilege to serve with our Air Force's great Airmen," Donley said. "Their accomplishments have been nothing short of

  • Dyess Spouses' Club honors dependents with scholarships

    The Dyess Spouses' Club awarded $16,000 to nine military dependents during a scholarship presentation ceremony April 21, 2013, at the base chapel here.The Dyess Spouses' Club is a private volunteer organization that supports Dyess families, as well as local and national charitable organizations,

  • Hands on ten and two

    With distracted driving accounting for nearly one-in-five crashes nationally, several organizations at Dyess have bolstered their attempts to provide the public with information on the use of hands-free devices while driving and to hold violators accountable.Hands-free devices are any devices which

  • Arnold Gate's outbound lanes closed April 27

    Arnold Gate's outbound lanes will be closed, with minor delays for inbound traffic, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to scheduled barrier maintenance. Outbound traffic will be diverted through the Tye Gate. For more information, call Mark Young at (325) 696-2757 or Colette Saucier at (325)

  • Self-defense class teaches skills to counter assault

    Several women from Dyess came together to attend a self-defense class April 18, to learn techniques to use in a hostile situation.The goal of the course was to teach individuals with no martial arts experience basic self-defense moves and how to fight back in case of an attack.The two-hour

  • General, wife die in private plane crash

    Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife, Sue S. Brown, were killed April 19, when the Cessna 210 he was piloting crashed in Williamsburg, Va. General Brown has been the commandant of The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in Washington D.C. since October

  • Sniper ATP-SE makes operational debut with Dyess bombers

    B-1 Bombers from the 7th Bomb Wing received a significant upgrade to their targeting capability April 15, becoming the first operational platform to employ Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement modification.Building on the technology of legacy ATP pods, Sniper pods in

  • 18th Air Force: A Legacy of Excellence

    Although a divide of more than six decades separates them from the founders of their command, today's 18th Air Force Airmen continue to embody the same motto: "expedite!"Signifying a commitment to excellence in the successful and rapid completion of the command's worldwide air mobility mission, the