• Dyess Airmen work with local community in EME

    Dyess first responders joined emergency response teams from the Abilene community Aug. 17 as part of a joint emergency management exercise.In this large-scale exercise, local Abilene emergency response agencies such as Abilene Homeland Security, Abilene Police Department, Abilene Fire Department and

  • No changes to military retirement anytime soon, officials say

    The military retirement isn't going to change any time soon, Defense Department officials said. "There's no immediate plan to affect retirement," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told service members at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 31. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said any changes to

  • Officials announce civilian workforce hiring freeze

    Air Force officials announced the implementation of a 90-day hiring freeze effective immediately.A firm commitment to keep spending within requested levels led to implement the hiring freeze across the civilian workforce, officials said.In addition to a 90-day hiring freeze, the officials plan to

  • What the Air National Guard can do for you

    Palace ChaseThe Palace Chase program allows active Air Force officers and enlisted members to request transfer to an Air National Guard unit. If a member has completed at least 50 percent of their original active duty contract, have no medical disqualifying problems, not on a control roster, has at

  • 7th Bomb Wing awarded Meritorious Unit Award

    The 7th Bomb Wing was presented the Meritorious Unit Award Aug. 2 during an award ceremony at the Heritage Club here.This award is given to units that show exceptional meritorious conduct in direct support of combat operations for at least 90 continuous days."This award is highly competitive and by

  • ISAF airstrike kills insurgents who caused helicopter crash

    Coalition forces used a precision airstrike to kill Taliban insurgents involved in the Aug. 6 downing of the helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghans, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan said Aug. 10. In a briefing from his headquarters in the Afghan

  • President, senior leaders pay tribute to fallen

    President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and other senior leaders paid tribute to 30 fallen heroes here during a dignified transfer Aug. 9. The Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen were killed in action Saturday when the Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down in Afghanistan Aug. 6. Aboard

  • Iraq drawdown on track, USTRANSCOM official says

    From pens to Bradley fighting vehicles, 1.7 million pieces of military equipment have been moved out of Iraq so far, as the Dec. 31 deadline for U.S. forces to be out of Iraq approaches, a U.S. Transportation Command official said this week. "The mission is looking good," said Air Force Maj. John