• 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

  • Ed Center promotes TA alternatives

    With the Air Force officially suspending military tuition assistance for the rest of the fiscal year, many Dyess Airmen have reached out to the Dyess Education Center for alternative ways to pursue their education.Effective March 11, Airmen are not permitted to submit new requests for TA. Airmen

  • Air Force suspends military tuition assistance

    In the wake of sequestration, the Air Force officially suspended military tuition assistance March 11.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced the Air Force has officially suspended military TA for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The program will continue to be evaluated to determine the

  • Furloughs can begin April 26, DOD comptroller says

    Unless Congress acts to end sequestration, furloughs for Defense Department civilian employees can begin April 26, the department's comptroller said here March 11.Robert F. Hale discussed the furlough planning process with a Pentagon audience. The comptroller also took questions sent in via Facebook