• "Cookie Drop" delivers holiday cheer to unaccompanied Airmen

    Dyess first sergeants organized and executed the annual "Cookie Drop" here Dec. 22, delivering approximately 300 dozen homemade goodies to more than 600 dormitory residents. This holiday tradition enables single, unaccompanied enlisted Airmen to have that "taste of home" they expect during the

  • Annual Family and Teen Talent Contest showcases Dyess' best

    The 7th Force Support Squadron hosted the annual Family and Teen Talent Contest at the Hangar Community Activity Center here, Dec. 17. The contest provides an opportunity for Dyess families and youth to showcase their talents while encouraging family interaction and appreciation of the arts. This

  • Wing ORE indicates Airmen are prepared for January inspection

    In spite of freezing weather with wind chill temperatures in the single digits, 7th Bomb Wing Airmen produced six on-time sorties and processed Airmen through the personnel deployment function line during an Operational Readiness Exercise here Dec. 14 and 15, with results no inspector could argue

  • 'BoneWood Fury' large-force exercise trains 9th BS for upcoming deployment

    The 9th Bomb Squadron participated Dec. 1-5 in Operation BoneWood Fury, a week-long exercise utilizing two different local military operating areas, seven Defense Department units, and one large-force exercise. On Dec. 4, Dark 47, a crew from the 9th BS worked a real-time scenario in the Lancer

  • Sister services celebrate the season

    About 20 Dyess Airmen descended upon the Army Reserve Training Center Dec. 6 to deliver a hot, homemade holiday feast to 50 families of the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion. When they found out the Army unit's funding had been cut significantly for this year's holiday party, first sergeants, chiefs,

  • 7 EMS flight chief earns Levitow Award at Senior NCO Academy

    A 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron senior noncommissioned officer earned top graduate honors and was awarded the John L. Levitow Award at the Senior NCO Academy Nov. 19 at Maxwell Air Force Base's Gunter Annex, Montgomery, Ala. Master Sgt. David Wade, 7th EMS maintenance flight chief, arrived at

  • Let there be light! Chapel kicks off holiday season at Dyess

    The 7th Bomb Wing Chapel staff welcomed about 130 military members, their families, and members of the local news media in front of the base chapel Dec. 3 to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season at Dyess. Following the invocation by Ch. (Maj.) Michael Daniel, Staff Sgt. Marland Fox provided

  • CFC ends with significant numbers

    Dyess' 2008 Combined Federal Campaign ended Nov. 21. Eight hundred forty-seven people pledged donations amounting to $171,682. That is more than 170 people and $4,000 over what Team Dyess produced last year!I am proud to be a member of this team that continues to give back to the community in record