• Air Force team begins play against services

    The Air Force soccer team began its quest to repeat for gold competing in the U.S. Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship at Shotwell Stadium, Feb. 2nd, in Abilene, Texas. The team was selected Jan. 30, after a rigorous training camp, which lasted just shy of a month. The team is made up of 18

  • Dyess, Abilene to host Armed Forces soccer tournament

    The best men's soccer players from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps will battle for the 2009 Armed Forces Soccer Championship title at Abilene's Shotwell Stadium Feb. 2 to 7. The Air Force squad is the defending Armed Forces Champion. Since 2000, the Air Force and the Army have split the

  • Readiness challenge prepares Airmen for the worst

    A crack of light blinds everyone, and a distinct mushroom cloud appears in the distance. Three-hours is all a five-man team has to figure out what to do and give an answer to leadership. While the scenario described above is just an exercise, it's something that is taken very seriously by a team of

  • Team Dyess Warrior of the Week

    1. Name and rank: Senior Airman Kirk Lyneis 2. Unit: 7th MDSS 3. Job title: Pharmacy Journeyman 4. Job description and its impact on the overall mission: To ensure "trusted" medical services are provided to all beneficiaries. To prepare and dispense prescription and non-prescription medications

  • Dyess tax center to open

    The Dyess Tax Center will be open for active duty members Feb. 9, and remain open through April 15. Beginning Feb. 16, the Dyess Tax Center will provide services for all other eligible recipients. The Tax Center will provide free income tax return services to all active-duty members, family members,

  • Lonestar rocks JBB

    Nothing seemed out of the ordinary at the Sustainer Theater here Jan. 21. Outside, the mission continued, a pair of F-16s could be heard taking off in the background. Inside was anything but the same as JBB members danced in the aisles, laughed, sang and even cried during a special morale event.

  • Jan. 22 airpower summary: B-1B bombs enemy compound

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

  • More MTIs needed for AF basic training

    Air Force basic military training is facing a severe shortage in military training instructors. The influx of new Airmen entering the Air Force and recent BMT program expansion to 8 1/2 weeks, equals more trainees then are in the BMT pipeline at any given time, which requires the need for added