• MilPDS upgrade complete

    The Air Force has successfully upgraded and transferred the Military Personnel Data System to the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise Computing Center, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today."We're pleased that the MilPDS upgrade took less time than anticipated, and we are

  • Dyess commissary closed following fire

    The Dyess Air Force Base commissary is temporarily closed due to a fire that ignited at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25, 2013.Dyess firefighters and security forces personnel were at the scene of the fire less than five minutes after receiving notification of the emergency. All occupants

  • Team Dyess prepares for tornadoes

    March through June is the peak months for tornados in West Texas, but they can occur anytime of the year. Understanding how tornado watches and warnings are issued on-base and for the city of Abilene is more important now than any other time of the year.During a severe weather event, the 26th

  • 53 Airmen graduate ALS

    Fifty-three Dyess Air Force Base Airmen graduated Airman Leadership School here March 21. The 53 students of class 13-C spent more than five weeks learning leadership, followership, how to write enlisted performance reports and more. Names with an asterisk (*) indicate individuals who graduated with

  • Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go

  • Dyess fitness center opens new parent child activity room

    Are your kids keeping you from getting that awesome workout? Well say goodbye to at-home workouts, because the Dyess Fitness Center has opened a new Parent Child Activity room, where you can take your kids with you while you exercise.Construction of the PCA room started in November of 2012, and it

  • Historic homecoming for 317th AG

    For the first time in nearly a decade, the entire 317th Airlift Group fleet is back at their home station, as Airmen and aircrew continue to make their way back to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. In true homecoming fashion, scores of family members and friends lined the flightline waiting eagerly for