• 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

  • 317AG and team leave for AMC Rodeo

    Twenty-two members of Team Dyess left July 20 for the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo, to compete with more than 3,700 other servicemembers from 55 teams from 33 other countries for the top prize - the Airlift Rodeo "Best of the Best" trophy. The Rodeo, which began in 1962, features competitions

  • WWII vet receives Purple Heart

    Sixty-two years after receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army Air Forces, a former B-24 flight engineer from the 494th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force, received a Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony in Stephenville, Texas, July 13. Staff Sgt. Elbert Lindley, 89, was wounded in action by Japanese