• STEP promotion

    Master Sgt. Brent Payne, 7th Security Forces Squadron, is congratulated by Col. Timothy Ray, 7th Bomb Wing commander, and Sergeant Payne's family at his surprise promotion Friday. Sergeant Payne was promoted through the Stripes To Exceptional Performers program.

  • Local Marines conduct 48-hour toy drive for Toys for Tots

    A group of local Marines gathered together near dinner time Dec. 8 and headed to Golden Corral, but they weren't going there for the buffet. The Marines, assigned to Detachment 1, Motor Transportation Maintenance Company, began a 48-hour toy drive that lasted until 4 p.m. Sunday to benefit the

  • PA news delivery all Web-based

    A long-standing tradition will come to an end Dec. 22 when the Dyess Global Warrior is printed for the last time. The base paper will become an entirely online publication found only on the Dyess public Web site. Public affairs future operations will take a direction that does not allow for lengthy

  • Maintainer STEP promoted Tuesday

    Master Sgt. Felix Flores, 317th Maintenance Squadron, is promoted Tuesday by Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron, Jr., Air Mobility Command, command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Debra Huntley, 317th Airlift Group command chief, through the Stripes To Exceptional Performers program. Colonel Kevin

  • AMC/CCC congratulates 317th AG

    The Air Mobility Command top enlisted Airman visited Dyess Tuesday to thank members of the 317th Airlift Group and congratulate them on their continuing success in the area of responsibility. Command Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron, Jr., came from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., because he hadn't yet

  • Crew chief selected to all-conference football team Nov. 16

    One of Dyess' crew chiefs is representing the Air Force off-duty by participating in McMurry University's American Southwest Conference, a team comprised of the best college football players from the southwest. Airman 1st Class Jason Parker, 317th Maintenance Squadron, was selected Nov. 16 to play

  • PA drawing contest winners named

    Dyess congratulates 11-year-old Kaitlyn Leavenworth, daughter of Maj. Jim and Mrs. Julia Leavenworth, 7th Operations Support Squadron, for winning first place in the Thanksgiving drawing contest for ages 9-12 and 7-year-old Jacob Bachert, son of Capt. Jeff Bachert, 317th Maintenance Squadron, and

  • Spouses club donates $500 to Harvest Share

    Dyess' Enlisted Spouses Club donated $500 to the first sergeants' Warm Hearts Harvest Share fund drive Monday. The Harvest Share is an annual campaign to support financially stressed Dyess Airmen by providing them with checks that are redeemable at the commissary to buy necessities, especially