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Freeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas ~ 22 January 2019
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 01/21/2019 6:01:32 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

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Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles southwest of Abilene, Texas.

The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth 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.

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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. Dyess AFB has nearly 200 facilities on base, plus 988 units of family housing, and encompasses 6,117 acres of land. The base has a total economic impact of nearly $310 million yearly on the local community.

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The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942. Dyess escaped in April 1943 and fought with guerilla forces on Mindanao until evacuated by submarine in July 1943. During retraining in the United States, his P-38 Lightning caught fire in flight on 23 December 1943 near Burbank, CA. He refused to bail out over a populated area and died in the crash of his P-38 in a vacant lot.

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The 7th Bomb Wing and 317th Airlift Group were called to duty shortly after 11 September 2001. Both played and continue to play vital roles in both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many of the 7th BW's B-1s and support personnel deploy to Southwest Asia.

From there the 7 BW provides close air support to troops in the field and precision strike missions with the B-1B Lancer. The 317th Airlift Group has been deployed continuously to Southwest Asia since December 2003 where the group provides airlift support to OIF, OEF and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa operations.

On 1 October 2015, Dyess became part of Global Strike Command.

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Learn More About Dyess Air Force Base HERE!!

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1 posted on 01/21/2019 6:01:32 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Stay safe everyone, having a “taste of tundra” in southern PA...low of 10, “high” of 23, and more of the same tonight/tomorrow.


2 posted on 01/21/2019 6:06:31 PM PST by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe

WOO-HOO, Road Trip time!


3 posted on 01/21/2019 6:07:29 PM PST by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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To: laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her.
She is hard at work.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas ~

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4 posted on 01/21/2019 6:09:07 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Wrote this at the approach of similar weather about 10 years ago, fits to the tune of “Good King Wenceslaus”

Winter’s worst is on its way
Highs well below freezing
Lows in single numbers, too,
And the winds a-breezing.
Time to gather unsplit logs
That can burn six hours
All to warm your cats and dogs
‘Till the springtime flowers.


5 posted on 01/21/2019 6:09:28 PM PST by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: lightman

Good evening, lightman....did you get buried in snow?

Stay safe and warm.


6 posted on 01/21/2019 6:11:41 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list


January 22

Always a Child of God

Bible in a Year: Exodus 4–6; Matthew 14:22–36

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. Romans 8:14 Today's Scripture & Insight:

Romans 8:9-17

During a church service I attended with my parents, according to the usual practice we held hands while saying the Lord’s Prayer together. As I stood with one hand clasped to my mother’s and the other to my father’s, I was struck by the thought that I will always be their daughter. Although I’m firmly in my middle age, I can still be called “the child of Leo and Phyllis.” I reflected that not only am I their daughter, but I will also always be a child of God.

The apostle Paul wanted the people in the church at Rome to understand that their identity was based on being adopted members of God’s family (Romans 8:15). Because they had been born of the Spirit (v. 14), no longer did they need to be enslaved to things that didn’t really matter. Rather, through the gift of the Spirit, they were “heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ” (v. 17).

To those who follow Christ, what difference does this make? Quite simply, everything! Our identity as children of God provides our foundation and shapes how we see ourselves and the world. For instance, knowing that we are part of God’s family helps us to step out of our comfort zone as we follow Him. We can also be free from seeking the approval of others.

Today, why not ponder what it means to be God’s child?

By Amy Boucher Pye

Today's Reflection

Lord God, help me to live out of my central identity as Your child. Release me to live by Your Spirit, that I might share Your love and hope.


7 posted on 01/21/2019 6:18:15 PM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: PROCON

On the road again....good evening, Pro.


8 posted on 01/21/2019 6:21:45 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

A B1 B drops on you low on landing, it gets you attention.

BIG HUCKING bird


9 posted on 01/21/2019 6:22:32 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Snow stayed just 20 miles north...just 1/2 inch at the onset of the Saturday/Sunday storm....1.75 inches of rain through midday Sunday which, in January, would mean 18 - 30 inches of snow.

Whew!

Winds have been 20-30 mph since 1100 Sunday.


10 posted on 01/21/2019 6:22:47 PM PST by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eOE3SDOETE


11 posted on 01/21/2019 6:29:23 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Wind it up....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mecFM84MOZw


12 posted on 01/21/2019 6:40:39 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening Kathy.

I hear you're still getting tremors up north, hope all is well with you.

13 posted on 01/21/2019 6:41:05 PM PST by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Goofy *** Fly boys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqhI4MeCn1c


14 posted on 01/21/2019 6:51:59 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
~ Good Evening ~

~ Just Hanging ~

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~ Good Evening ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

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No Friday

I’m Down There Somewhere

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15 posted on 01/21/2019 6:58:05 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; ...

Great Air Trip tonight, lauren!
...and just down the road from me!
Well a 2 hour road trip at least.
I used to watch the B1Bs
circling overhead from my aunt and uncle's ranch.
Fun to see and to hear those powerful jets!
Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder

16 posted on 01/21/2019 7:05:32 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: lightman

Love it!


17 posted on 01/21/2019 7:07:03 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: lightman

Nice tune...d:o)


18 posted on 01/21/2019 7:14:53 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: The Mayor

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Did you make it safely through Monday?


19 posted on 01/21/2019 7:17:39 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: mylife

Glad she’s ours....huge and low! Spectacular!!


20 posted on 01/21/2019 7:19:10 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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