• Dyess Exchange offers support on some level to entire military community

    On any given day, a variety of visitors, contractors and Department of Defense (DoD) civilians visit any one of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's food, entertainment and retail operations on Dyess Exchange. The question most frequently posed by these visitors is "Who's authorized to shop these

  • Youth encouraged to 'Get Up, Get Out and Get Fit'

    Air Force Airman and Family Services challenges thousands of youth and teens from across the Air Force to 'Get Up, Get Out and Get Fit' as the seventh year of FitFactor kicks off with the Worldwide Day of Play Sept 24."We're proud to continue the FitFactor initiative and encourage youth, teens and

  • Green Flag prepares 9 BS for deployment

    As a B-1 patrols the skies ready to strike at a moment's notice, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller on the ground relays coordinates of a building where enemy targets have taken refuge. Using the sniper targeting pod to pin point the target, the B-1 drops a bomb and destroys the building. That's one

  • 40 Dyess Airmen graduate ALS

    Forty Dyess Air Force Base Airmen graduated Airman Leadership School here Sept. 15. The 40 students of class 11-G spent more than five weeks learning leadership, followership, how to write enlisted performance reports and more. Below are the graduates of class 11-G:317th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Dyess trains with local firefighters

    As the flames engulfed an aircraft here, Dyess, Abilene Regional airport and Abilene Fire Department firefighters teamed up to extinguish it during a joint exercise Sept. 16.This wasn't the first time the three fire departments worked together to put out an aircraft fire on base. At least once a

  • Dyess Airman receives four months of confinement for spice use

    On Sept. 7, 2011, 7th Force Support Squadron airman first class was tried, convicted and sentenced in a court-martial for spice use.An empty spice package was found in the airman's car when he was subjected to a random base vehicle search. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations detachment

  • Red Horse makes an impact at Dyess

    Airmen from the 819th Red Horse Squadron from Malmstrom AFB, Montana, arrived here recently to begin building a pre-engineered building for the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron.The 8,500-square-foot facility will provide the necessary space for CES craftsmen to perform maintenance duties and will also

  • 337 TES tests B-1 maritime readiness

    As the sun began to rise across the horizon Sept. 15, the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron embarked on a first-ever test of a B-1 Bomber's maritime capabilities with laser-guided weaponry at a testing range in the Gulf of Mexico.Racing across the skies high above the gulf, the long-range bombers