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  • HVAC team helps base keeps its cool

    With the twist of a knob, servicemembers here can adjust the temperature of their workstation or dorm room to their liking because of constant maintenance and upkeep by the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning team. "We are dealing with extremes of up

  • Dyess AFB model of energy conservation

    Dyess Air Force Base is going green. Take a tour of the base and it's easy to see how. In one building, water is pumped from a small pond, turned into ice and used to cool several dormitories; the landscaping is irrigated using effluent water purchased from the city of Abilene, Texas; and eight

  • March 23 airpower summary: B-1s take fight to enemy

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations March 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped guided bomb unit-31s and

  • DOD anti-tobacco campaign invades military markets

    The Department of Defense isn't just blowing smoke about its tobacco cessation campaign. "Quit Tobacco. Make Everyone Proud" is making its presence felt with enthusiastic marketing initiatives in 13 U.S. metropolitan markets containing 28 major military installations. The campaign positions military

  • Airman Leadership School Class 08-C

    Congratulations to the following Senior Airmen who recently graduated Airman Leadership School Class 08-C:Academic and leadership award winners are marked in bold.Jorge Atarama, 7th Comptroller Squadron Scott Bartsch, 7 Component Maintenance Squadron Ladon Buchanan, 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

  • FAA lauds Air Force synthetic fuel team

    The Air Force team that developed a blend of petroleum and synthetic fuel for the B-52 Stratofortress received the Federal Aviation Administration's 2007 Excellence in Aviation Research Award at a ceremony March 14 in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate here. Barry Scott, the