• AAFES building stronger exchange benefit

    Shifting priorities and demographics combined with a dynamic retail landscape aggressively marketing to troops and their families is getting the attention of the military's oldest and largest exchange service. In fact, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is so concerned about its future relevance

  • Hourly care changes at the Child Development Center

    Beginning March 26, hourly child care will be available at the Child Development Center from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in addition to the CDC's usual hours of operation, which are from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost for hourly child care is $3.50 regardless of the age of the child or

  • UCI leaves leaders impressed with Dyess

    I've always been proud to be a part of this dedicated team and with the recent UCI results, my appreciation for your commitment and unique capabilities grows even deeper. It is both humbling and incredibly rewarding to see the awesome work this team turns out. I wish more of you could have been

  • A day to remember: Abilene teen becomes Dyess ‘pilot for a day’

    Andrew Crespo began his day like any pilot's average day would begin - he put on his flight suit, had a preflight briefing, and then stepped to his B-1 to prepare for takeoff. But Andrew isn't like most pilots - he's only 13. Andrew didn't take off in the B-1, but he did taxi in the jet from the

  • Deputy Chief of Chaplains speaks at National Prayer Breakfast

    Dyess celebrated the National Prayer Breakfast at the Heritage Club March 6, featuring the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains. Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Cecil Richardson hailed from Washington, D.C., for the breakfast, which was instituted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 1942 and has been

  • New survey aims to improve information delivery to Airmen

    The Secretary of the Air Force Office of Communication at the Pentagon has launched a study to find out how Airmen want to get information about the Air Force. A randomly selected group of Airmen and Air Force civilian employees will receive an e-mail invitation from Brig Gen Erv Lessel, Air Force

  • Airlift Support for GWOT returns home

    After more than 120 days at a forward-deployed operating base, the Airmen of the 317th Aircraft Maintenance and 39th Airlift Squadron have recently returned to work and shared their experiences after redeploying Feb. 14. Since the start of action in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 317th Airlift Group has

  • Operation Achilles: Leaflet airdrop delivers message to Taliban

    The message was clear and well-delivered. A C-130 Hercules airdrop mission dropped 30,000 warning leaflets over the mountainous terrain of southeastern Afghanistan March 6 to deter the insurgent activity of the Taliban. The warning leaflet airdrop mission was in direct support of Operation Achilles

  • Dormitory tobacco ban effective March 7

    In an effort to improve quality of life for single Airmen who live on base, Dyess' dormitories will become tobacco-free effective March 7. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Wheeler, 7th Bomb Wing command chief, said dip, cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products will be banned from dorm rooms, areas on the