• Flags flown at half-staff to honor police week

    By order of the president of the United States, the flags on base are flying at half-staff May 15 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. By a joint resolution approved Oct. 1, 1962, the president has been authorized and requested to designate May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers

  • Team Dyess hosts spouse appreciation day

    "Military spouses serve as steady and supportive partners to the heroes in uniform who protect and defend our great nation every day," said President Barack Obama. "Across America and around the world, military spouses serve our country in their own special way, helping families and friends through

  • New guide helps Airmen, families navigate social media

    Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide, shown here, by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas. The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as

  • VCSAF: Balanced force structure imperative to Air Force readiness

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Phil Breedlove and his counterparts from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps testified May 10 before members of the Senate Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support about U.S. military readiness in light of recent budget cuts.In his opening statement, Breedlove

  • 192 Dyess Airmen receive their CCAF degree

    May is traditionally the month in which we celebrate and honor those who have achieved their academic goals. The Community College of the Air Force degree, commonly referred throughout the Air Force asjust CCAF, is an associate degree of applied science earned in the enlisted airman's specialty

  • 28th BS participates in German mission employment exercise

    The 28th Bomb Squadron recently participated in the eighth annual Mountain Roundup exercise March 7-22 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where they flew sorties with multiple services and nations simulating future NATO operations.Mountain Roundup is a realistic large force employment exercise

  • Green Knights to host safety ride

    Team Dyess is scheduled to kick-off the 101 critical days of summer with a motorcycle safety ride May 18, 2 p.m. at the Base Theater here. The event will consist of safety inspections, briefs by the Green Knights and a fun-ride. For more information, call Staff Sgt. Justin McNeese at (325) 696-5570.

  • Welsh nominated as next CSAF

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced May 10 that the president has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III to be the next chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Norton Schwartz, who has served in the position since August 2008."I'm tremendously honored and deeply humbled by the nomination

  • Dyess CDC slims down

    Women from the Dyess Children Development Center here recently competed in their own biggest loser competition.Beginning March, 12 women from the CDC came together to start a two-month long competition to see who could lose the most weight."We're trying to keep this going throughout the year," said