• Air Force implements new cell phone restriction

    The Air Force has implemented a new cell phone restriction: drivers are not allowed to talk on their cell phones while driving on Air Force installations without a hands free device. This policy is part of the Department of Defense's Joint Traffic Guidance. This restriction also applies to all

  • 317AG wins 2nd basewide championship

    After a long season and four games in three days for the playoffs, two of which were back-to-back (160 straight minutes) and one of which was won in a shootout, the 317th Airlift Group intramural soccer team claimed its second base title in a row July 26. Participating were:Edward Fivel Joseph

  • AAFES and SoBe ‘Mini’ sweepstakes offers big prize

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and SoBe beverages are giving military shoppers a chance to 'get in gear' with an opportunity to win a 2007 Mini Cooper. Authorized BX/PX shoppers can enter the "SoBe Mini Cooper Giveaway" at AAFES main stores and shoppettes worldwide from August 1 through the

  • Airmen bring home AMC Rodeo trophies

    Twenty-two Dyess Airmen returned from the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo July 28, bringing with them two top honors: the Gen. Harold George and Gen. Lew Allen trophies for best C-130/C-160 unit and best C-130/ C-17 airdrops, worldwide. More than 3,700 people from more than 55 teams and 33 countries

  • BX celebrates back to school “tax-free holiday” every day

    While stores across the Big Country will be jammed for a handful of days in the coming months for "tax-free" holidays on select items, Dyess's BX continues to offer tax-free shopping every day on everything in the store. With merchandise ranging from shoes, school supplies, clothing and backpacks to

  • 7th Bomb Wing deploys to Southwest Asia

    More than 300 members of the 7th Bomb Wing deployed Friday for a six-month rotation to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. As individuals waited to board the aircraft and depart, many expressed a wide variety of emotions, but most said they were looking forward to the

  • Airmen prep battlefield dropping 120,000 leaflets

    Airmen of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing dropped 120,000 leaflets over the Helmand Province in Afghanistan July 22 to help prevent civilian casualties while prepping the battlefield for future operations. The nine-member crew of the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, all based out of Dyess Air