FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas ~ 27 MAR 2012

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Road Trip: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles west-southeast of Abilene, Texas.

The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force. The 7 BW is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

Dyess AFB is a 6,409 acre base with over 13,000 military and civilian people. It is home to the 7th Bomb Wing, which consists of four groups. Two squadrons, the 9th and 28th Bomb Squadrons, fly the B-1B. In addition, the 28th Bomb Squadron is the Air Force schoolhouse for all B-1B aircrew members. The base is located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX and is about 200 miles west of Dallas. The base employs more than 5,000 people, making it the single largest employer in the area.

On Oct. 1, 1993, the 7th was inactivated at Carswell and activated at Dyess, integrating the operations of the B-1B and C-130. The diverse 7th Wing was born and for the next three and half years, operated around the globe. The wing reorganized April 1, 1997, as the 7th Bomb Wing and gave operational control of the C-130s to the Air Mobility Command.

 Now, the 7th BW is the premier operational B-1B unit in the U.S. Air Force. It has the capability to project lethal airpower anywhere in the world and strike at a moment's notice. That B-1 lethality manifested itself Dec. 18, 1998, while assigned to the 28th Air Expeditionary Bomb Group. During Operation DESERT FOX, a Dyess B-1 matched with a B-1 from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., bombed an Iraqi Republican Guard barracks at Al-Kut, Iraq, with 500-pound MK-82s. This first ever-combat bomb drop displayed the destructive firepower of the B-1 and echoed the battle cry "MORS AB ALTO".

Learn More About Dyess Air Force Base HERE!

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[Arrowhead1952]

Back at you Old Sarge. I still have a few chores and then mow the back yard later.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...happy Tuesday to you and Bo. Enjoy your day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday morning coffee bump.

[hoagy62]

If I remember correctly...the original painting is entitled “Power”. Those mountains in the background are supposed to be located somewhere in central Russia.

I used to have the poster. I think that this image is the epitome of cool.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[SandRat]

Morning, Kathy...((HUG))...it was good.

#1’s mornings are so-so. The rest of the day is generally good. Still some illogical worries that cause the down times.

Zeus is OK with the weather changes so far.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good afternoon / morning for you Kathy and (((HUGS))) to you.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, hoagy....”epitome of cool”. YES!!

It is “Power”, and part of a series by Dru Blair...way cool!!

http://www.drublair.com/bombers-and-cargo.html

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon/evening, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...lunch was perfect. Thanks.

We were supposed to get into the 40s today, but it’s not happening so far.

We have had a moose resting right next to a window for hours now. If she is still there when I leave, I am going to have to take a circuitous route to my car and be very careful, as she is quite close.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...sleeping through an alarm is usually a good indication that the body needs rest.

I crashed early evening not feeling well. Doing better today, but short on sleep.

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi, Kathy! I'll drop by the Canteen in a while - I'm composing an opus on the treachery of Hanoi Jane in email - you're on the address list.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up...

Welcome to the Canteen, Future Snake Eater...thanks for sharing your experiences.

And we thank you, your Mom and Dad, and your brothers for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up...

w h !!

Thanks, unique, for the cheering guys!

Arrowhead.....#50!!
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[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....

Got the opus...needs reading more than once. Must be remembered ALWAYS!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Antoninus II]

I was born at Dyess, 1962...