[corbe]

I was stationed at Dyess at the same time as Perry, Vietnam was winding down. It was a SAC base with MAC being a tenant. B52’s, KC-135’s and the C-130. Always thought of it as the armpit of Texas. Town was DRY (Booze wise), and really didn't like the Military, IIRC.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

White House handout from Ft Hood Shooting memorial. Perry at right. This is a very odd picture of the Obamas.

[vetvetdoug]

IMPACT....One big liquor store. I was inducted at the AFEES at Abilene and took 24 hours by bus to get to San Antonio. I was there in 1973.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Look familiar?

Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS, FAA LID: DYS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest 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 was established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB). It is named in honor of Texas native and Bataan Death March survivor Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess. The 7th Bomb Wing is commanded by Colonel David B. Béen. The Vice Commander is Colonel Brian P. Donahoo and the Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Douglas L. McIntyre...."