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  • Containerized delivery system pallets roll out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft near the Pakistan border Thursday, March 9, 2006. The aircraft and most of its crew are deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 185th Airlift Squadron. Airdrops like these bring supplies to those in need. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

    Humanitarian relief remains constant priority

    In a turbulent world, with natural disasters striking at random and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan surging with a tide of violence, one thing has remained constant -- U.S. Air Force humanitarian relief operations.These operations, planned out of the Combined Air Operations Center, or CAOC, located here, have answered the call of those in need,

  • Volunteers ready as tax season nears end

    The final day to file your tax return is right around the corner, but not to worry -- the Dyess Tax Center is hard at work, preparing hundreds of tax returns each week.The annual filing deadline is April 15; however, this year that date falls on a Saturday, so it is automatically extended to April 17.The tax center is in such an unassuming building

  • Soft drinks can harm your teeth

    The choices for soda are endless.Whether for the taste or a caffeine buzz, children and adults are downing carbonated beverages in record quantities. According to the National Soft Drink Association, soft drinks account for 27 percent of America’s beverage consumption. Drinking sodas, whether diet or regular, has a detrimental effect on teeth. The

  • Environmental flight wins DOD award

    The Environmental Management System team at Dyess has added another award to its already impressive collection.The team recently won the Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Team Excellence. The four-member team is made up of Ms. Teresa Clouse, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental flight chief, Lt. Col. Clint Taylor, 7th Bomb Wing

  • CDC to offer hourly drop-in child care

    The Child Development Center at Dyess plans to open a new room that will be dedicated specifically to hourly drop-in child care Monday.Colonel Garrett Harencak, 7th Bomb Wing commander, implemented the program after polling the base populous and discovering that offering hourly services on a regular basis would be a significant benefit to the

  • Numbered Air Force commander ‘impressed’

    The 18th Air Force commander visited Dyess Tuesday to see the base and personally attach an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award streamer to the 317th Airlift Group’s guidon.Major Gen. James Hawkins, 18th AF commander. presented the award to the 317th AG in January for being one of the most essential to the Air Force and the Global War on Terror.“This
  • Left to right, Maj. Gen. Tony Przybyslawski, Air Force Personnel Center commander, Roger Blanchard, deputy A1, and Col. Michael Maloney, AFPC director of personnel, cut the ribbon to symbolize the operational beginning of the new Personnel Service Delivery System at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on Friday, March 31, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo Jr.)

    Transformation to new Personnel Service Delivery System begins

    The Air Force Contact Center’s Web-based services and contact center officially began taking calls after a ceremony at the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.The center is part of a new initiative called Personnel Services Delivery Transformation, or PSD, which uses technology to place the capability for conducting routine
  • Airmen with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal unit and the 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., examine an F-16 Fighting Falcon triple ejector rack in the White Tank Mountains on Thursday, March 23, 2006. The Airmen were ensuring the rack didn't contain unexploded cartridges. The rack was released from a 61st Fighter Squadron F-16 during an in-flight emergency on Aug. 11, 2003. A local resident found the item while hiking and led the Air Force team to the site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angela Clemens)

    Hiker finds F-16 rack

  • DOD celebrates 'Month of the Military Child'

    The Defense Department has long understood the value of caring for and celebrating children of servicemembers.April is designated as the Month of the Military Child, underscoring the important role military children play in the armed forces community. The Month of the Military Child is a time to applaud military families and their children for the
  • Pararescuemen from the 306th and 48th Rescue Squadrons fast-rope from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to retrieve "wounded hostages" during a combined training exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Air Combat Command took administrative control of select Air Force combat search and rescue assets from Air Force Special Operations Command April 3 as part of a realignment announced in February. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Veronica Pierce)

    ACC takes combat search, rescue assets under wing

    Air Combat Command took administrative control of select Air Force combat search and rescue assets from Air Force Special Operations Command April 3 as part of a realignment announced in February.The transfer ensures the Air Force core competency of combat search and rescue, or CSAR, is directly linked to the combat air forces and the personnel
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