• Team Dyess, Abilene community partners attend 2016 Air Force Ball

    More than 550 Airmen, spouses, honorary commanders, Abilene Chamber of Commerce and Military Affairs Committee members attended the 2016 Air Force Ball at the Abilene Civic Center in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 23, 2016.  This year's theme was, "A legacy of community and commitment," to highlight the

  • Vietnam War veterans honored for their service

    More than 70 Vietnam veterans were presented lapel pins provided by the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration Sept. 19 at the Dyess Memorial Center. The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, founded by presidential proclamation in 2012, is a commemorative program honoring

  • Airmen load KC-10 for humanitarian effort

    U.S. Air Force K Loaders standby in preparation for loading Global Samaritan Resources’ pallets of food as part of a humanitarian assistance mission at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 20, 2016. The shipment contained approximately 475,000 servings of fortified dehydrated food that will be used to

  • Remembering their sacrifice: TORQE 62 memorial run, ceremony

    A memorial run and ceremony will be held in honor of the fallen aircrew members of TORQE 62, Sept. 30.The memorial run is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and the memorial ceremony will begin at 11:00 a.m. on the parade grounds in front of the base Commissary.Individuals wishing to participate in the

  • Dyess Airmen run in AF Marathon, Team Dyess hosts its own

    Three Dyess Airmen participated in the 20th Anniversary Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.Capt. Mark Traeger, 7th Bomb Wing chaplain, Capt. Matthew McWhirter, 7th Force Support Squadron operations officer, and 1st Lt. Alexandra Trobe, 7th Bomb Wing chief of public

  • Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe Becker, 39th Airlift Squadron, greets his children, Melanie, left, and Mathew, right, after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. During the deployment, Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing conducted missions including

  • Dyess honors service members as part of national POW/MIA recognition day

    U.S. military service members listed as prisoners of war or missing in action were honored by Dyess Airmen with a POW/MIA flag-carrying ceremony Sept. 16, at the Dyess Linear Air Park.The ceremony was held in conjunction with the national POW/MIA recognition day, declared to be on the 16th of

  • Dyess Bombers aid in SOUTHCOM drug interdiction

    Editor’s note: Due to security and safety reasons call-signs were used in the following story.The B-1B Lancer is well known for its capability of delivering massive weapon payloads to America’s adversaries, anywhere in the world, at any time, but this is not its only capability or mission.The B-1,

  • No base access: effects of the REAL ID act

    Starting Jan. 9, 2017, the Air Force will begin implementing REAL ID Act requirements, thereby limiting access to the base by holders of certain state-issued identification cards.The REAL ID Act, established in 2005, requires all federal and state issued identification to meet certain standards to

  • Dyess B-1s deploy to Europe for Ample Strike

    Two B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Base, Texas, Air Force Global Strike Command, deployed to the U.S. European area of responsibility today to join the B-52 Stratofortress, which arrived Aug. 30 at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom.