• Dyess Big Country Airfest this Saturday

    Dyess Air Force Base and the Abilene Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, is pleased to announce the 2009 Dyess Big Country Airfest has been set for May 2 from 8 a.m - 5 p.m. on the west side of the Abilene Regional Airport. The airfest is free and open to the public. The EAA has been a

  • Airman Leadership School Class 09-D

    The following Airmen recently graduated Airman Leadership School:Senior Airman Scott Arrington, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron Senior Airman Kristopher Beard, 9th Air Support Operations Squadron Ft. Hood, TexasSenior Airman David Bennett, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Lawrence

  • New records display application

    Air Force Personnel Center officials released the new Personnel Records Display Application--or PRDA--in early April. PRDA is an electronic viewer for the Automated Records Management System, facilitating search, retrieval and management of  personnel records in ARMS through a role based access

  • April 22 airpower summary: B-1B destroys compound

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer destroyed a large compound used

  • News Briefs for the week of April 24 - 30

    Change of commandThere will be a change of command ceremony June 9 at 9 a.m. for the 436 TRS at Heritage Hall. The outgoing commander is Lt Col Robert M. Rogers and the incoming commander will be Lt Col Bradley D. Barnette.What's Happening At Family Advocacy Dads 101: this is a class for dads taught

  • Family from 317th AG is presented Abilene Military Family of the Year

    The Hedden family was presented as the Abilene Military Family of the Year by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce April 18 at the World's Largest Barbeque. Lieutenant Col. Rob Hedden, his wife, Sonya, and their two boys, Brad and Brian, were presented the honor by Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott III, 18th Air