• Children’s Dental Care

    February is National Children's Dental Health month for raising awareness about your children's oral health. Often, parents begin seeking direction on how to care for their children's teeth as soon as teeth appear. The following are answers to some common questions: Q: How should I care for my

  • Aviator pay details to be released

    Details on the retention bonus offered to experienced aviators should be released soon, Air Staff officials here said. The aviator continuation pay incentive is in the final coordination stages and once Congress finalizes and the president signs this year's annual National Defense Authorization Act,

  • START team visits Dyess

    Dyess was recently the host to a 10-person Russian-led team of inspectors visiting the base for a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty inspection. The team arrived Jan. 19 for two days of updating data relating to the 7th Bomb Wing's compliance with terms of the START treaty. The purpose of the team's

  • Jan. 21 airpower summary: B-1s provide support in Afghanistan

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force B-1B Lancers dropped guided bomb unit-38s on an

  • B-1s along with coalition forces pound al-Qaida stronghold in Iraq

    Aircrews of B-1B Lancers, Navy F/A -18 Hornet pilots, Army 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers and Iraqi forces cleared out an al-Qaida stronghold 30 miles southeast of Baghdad late night Jan. 20 and early morning Jan. 21. Coalition aircraft dropped more than 30,000 pounds of bombs on former al-Qaida

  • Military absentee voting 'primary' concern for officials

    For Federal Voting Assistance Program officials, getting deployed troops and their families engaged in the current election season is a primary goal. Ahead of the November general election, officials with the FVAP, which fosters voting participation by uniformed and U.S. citizens abroad, are