• Dyess Airmen participate in Sports Day

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron, left, and the U.S. Marines with the 4th Maintenance Battalion, Det. 1, Motor Transport Maintenance Company, participate in the Team Dyess Sports Day tug-of-war competition at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 31, 2019. The tug of

  • Fallen Service Members Honored in Texas Memorial Day Ceremony

    Naeco Jones, four months old, is held by his grandmother, Misty Reeves, next to his great-grandfather U.S. Navy veteran Billy Reeves’ grave at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. The family visited the grave after attending the Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery.

  • Eyes Above the Horizon Inspires Students

    Over 65 students from Jim Ned, Wylie, Abilene and Clyde independent school districts, ROTC and Civil Air Patrol participated in the Eyes Above the Horizon outreach event at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18.Eyes Above the Horizon is an opportunity for children from traditionally under-represented

  • 39th Airlift Squadron Returns From Deployment

    Three C-130J Super Hercules carrying service members from the 39th Airlift Squadron taxi down the runway at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 16, 2019. The service members and aircraft returned from a deployment to Djibouti, Africa in support of Operations Octave Shield and New Normal. (U.S. Air

  • 40th Airlift Squadron heads downrange, supports USAFRICOM

    Airmen from the 40th Airlift Squadron prepare to load cargo onto a C-130J Super Hercules prior to departing for a deployment to Djibouti, Africa, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 7, 2019. While home-based training helps prepare for deployments and other missions, the deployments help the Airmen

  • Air Force, Army conduct joint deployment prep exercises

    The 39th Airlift Squadron and 40th Airlift Squadron assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, worked alongside the 428th Field Artillery Brigade assigned to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to complete a joint exercise with three C-130J Super Hercules, May 1, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.During the exercise, each

  • Dyess Airmen complete Alpha Warrior training

    Capt. Manuel Lamson, 9th Bomb Squadron flight commander, far right, instructs Airmen on how to properly use the devil’s ladder during an Alpha Warrior training workout at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 1, 2019. Dyess AFB is hosting an Air Force Alpha Warrior qualification challenge May 3, 2019,

  • AFGSC B-1Bs return to flight

    The first B-1B Lancers resumed flight operations this week following a safety stand-down issued March 28 by Gen. Timothy Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command commander.  Individual B-1B aircraft will return to flight as the inspections and maintenance directed during the stand-down are completed on