• Dyess to restore native grasslands on base

    Observers driving along the main gate may notice a few landscape changes as the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron is in the process of restoring native grass around base to allow engineers to repair utility right of ways in areas heavily encroached by mesquite trees. Shops across Dyess are increasingly

  • More troops, families to qualify for New GI Bill benenfits

    Troops nearing retirement eligibility may be able to tap into the transferability benefits provided in the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, even if they're unable to serve four more years of duty due to service policies, a senior defense official said. The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Bill that takes effect

  • Feb. 22 airpower summary: B-1B destroys enemy bunker

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

  • Dyess, Abilene to host international soccer tournament

    The best men's soccer players from Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Suriname, and the United States will battle for the 2009 Conseil International du Sport Militaire Football Championship title at Abilene's Shotwell Stadium Feb. 21 to 27. The tournament will kick-off with the opening ceremony to be held at

  • JBB first-responders remember fallen comrade

    First-responders from across JBB joined together to remember a fallen firefighter, Staff Sgt. Ray Rangel, during an annual memorial ceremony here Feb. 13. Rangel, a fire emergency services technician, died in Iraq Feb. 13, 2005, while attempting to save two Soldiers trapped in an overturned HMMWV in

  • Dyess recognized for having top services

    The John L. Hennessy Award Evaluation Team will be here Feb. 19-22 to determine who has the best food service in the Air Force. Dyess has already been recognized by Air Combat Command for having the best dining facility and lodging facility marking a rare achievement for a base in ACC to obtain both