• Career Enlisted Aviators job fair Thursday

    Dyess is scheduled to hold Career Enlisted Aviator job fairs Thursday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the 317th Airlift Group auditorium to inform junior enlisted servicemembers of opportunities available in CEA career fields. Some CEA jobs the Air Force is trying to recruit for include in-flight refueling

  • Dyess families welcome home Airmen

    Hundreds of family members braved the cold and gathered late Saturday night at the 317th Airlift Group headquarters to welcome home nearly 200 Airmen returning from Southwest Asia. The Airmen, from the 317th AG and 7th Bomb Wing, spent more than four months flying and fixing aircraft and performing

  • Dyess Airmen look to deliver knockout punch

    On Oct. 14 four Dyess Airmen stood inside a boxing ring to spar off, some for the very time. The Dyess Boxing Club was formed to give base personnel a way to learn boxing in a safe and cost-free environment, said Tech. Sgt. Edward Rivas, Dyess boxing coach. The club, which started just a few months

  • Red Ribbon Week to raise drug awareness

    Through Oct. 23 - 31, the Dyess Drug Demand Reduction program will bring drug awareness during Red Ribbon Week. While Abilene is a very safe town to raise a family, it still is a city of over 100,000 that has its element of crime and drugs, said Theodis Talbert, Dyess Drug Demand Reduction Program

  • 317th AG deploys to support war on terror

    More than 190 Airmen from the 39th Airlift Squadron and the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deployed to the area of responsibility Oct. 13. The Airmen, who will be supporting the C-130 mission, will replace the 40th AS. The 40th AS is scheduled to return home soon. The group, consisting of some

  • LRS deploys convoy operators

    Approximately a dozen Airmen from the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron left for Camp Bullis, Texas, Saturday for Basic Combat Convoy Course (BC3) to prepare for an eight month deployment to Iraq. The Airmen, who are deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, work side by side with the Army and

  • Civilian deploys in support of war

    One man left Dyess Saturday to deploy with U.S. Armed Forces for the fourth time, and he wasn't wearing a uniform. Lino Prez has worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service for the last 15 years and voluntarily spent more than two years in the Middle East on three other deployments. He says

  • Virtual Flag comes to Dyess

    For the first time ever, Dyess personnel hooked their B-1 simulator into a network of more than 250 other people from 16 locations across the country for Virtual Flag 06-04.  Virtual Flag 06-04, which ran from Aug. 14 to 17, is a quarterly exercise linking operational and tactical training devices

  • Energy team visits Dyess

    A high-powered energy team consisting of members from the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense visited Dyess to see its energy programs Aug. 17 and 18.The "Renewable Energy Showcase" made stops at the effluent water systems, wind farms and future site of the waste-to-energy

  • AMC commander visits Dyess

    The Air Mobility Command commander visited Dyess Aug. 16 and 17 to see the premier C-130 unit here, which is AMC's busiest and the Air Force's most highly-deployed aviation unit since Sept. 11. General Duncan McNabb had the opportunity to meet with Abilene civic leaders who support Dyess and tour