• News Briefs for the week of March 27 - Aril 2

    Month of the Military ChildOn April 2, the Family Advocacy Program staff will host a proclamation breakfast to kick-off the Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Cost is $10 a person and will be held at the Heritage Club from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. For more information contact

  • Warrior of the Week

    This week's warrior is Airman 1st Class Sylvia Daniel. Unit: 28th Bomb Squadron Job title: Aviation Resource Manager Apprentice Job description and its impact on the overall mission: I ensure B-1 aircrew are qualified and current on training requirements allowing bombs to be dropped on time, on

  • Dyess to receive Recovery Act money

    Dyess is expected to receive more than $13.4 million in stimulus money in the coming months to help cover 15 needed civil engineer projects on the base. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes approximately $7.4 billion in defense-related appropriations, which accounts for less

  • Airmen encouraged to deter identity theft

    A few unlucky Airmen across the Air Force are experiencing one of the most aggravating and possibly fiscally damaging events a thief can do to them - identity theft. It can happen to anyone, anywhere. No one is excluded from the possibility of their identity from being stolen. It even happened to a

  • March 23 airpower summary: C-130s provide support

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations March 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles bombarded an anti-Afghan

  • Sniper pod improves capabilities, lethality of B-1

    The B-1 Lancer, one of the most versatile aircraft in the Air Force arsenal, is now even more lethal. This lethality is not due to bigger bombs in its bomb bay, but to a small torpedo-shaped pod stuck to the plane's underbelly. Called the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod, this device enables the B-1's

  • March 18 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations March 18, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II dropped guided bomb