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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[Future Snake Eater]

Cool. My folks were stationed at Dyess AFB many moons ago. I remember my mom taking my sister and I to a special event on the airfield that was the very first active B-1 bomber arriving at the base. It was quite a sight to a little kid, let me tell you.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))

It sure is brisk this morning. Had to turn heat back on last night.

My first PT session is this afternoon. Hit it on the way home.

How are things with you?

[ConorMacNessa]

Yes - we had a fire last night. Doing okay this morning - overslept by an hour this morning. Our program is down here - so I have a little time to play online. :)

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

Whatz on the schedule for today?

[luvie]

Howdy doooooo, all you Early Birds!
Just peeking in to say...
...hope you have a Terrific Toooos-day!
...and don't work too hard! :)
((((hugs))))

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

Sunny but chilly here. And busy too.

Whatz out your way?

[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Canteen

I Wish You A Great Day
*HUGS*
Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country

[Arrowhead1952]

Just have a few chores around the house today. Wife has to take her parents to an appointment in an hour or so.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))).

[E.G.C.]

Well, I did some lawnmowing yesterday. The grass ws growing from the rain last week. My uncle worked on putting the line in my weed-eater. He brought it back as I was working and I got the job completed.

Nice weather yesterday. Bo and I spent some time at the week.

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How's it going?

[Old Sarge]

Good Morning, Sarmajor! How’s the view from the porch? Mine’s pretty good this morning, listening to Jimmy Buffett over coffee.

[PROCON]

Hiya Beachie!!

Well, the boys got their baseball game and the girls their softball game completed before the rains returned, gonna be wet again for awhile.

The SCOTUS hearing on 0bozocare is happening, probably the most important ruling of our lifetime; I'm cautiously optomistic that sanity will prevail.

Need for coffee, have a splendicious day!

[Old Sarge]

Morning, Meggers! Fixin’ to have a great day in the Sunshine State!

[beachn4fun]

HUH? Who had a fire? At your house?

FR is so slow I don’t have a lot of time to spare myself.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, night owl ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

W H

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Meg ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Pro ((HUGS))

Hmmm...Pelosi/Obama care hearings...guess I’d better mumble some prayers as I work (sorta like whistle while you work...hehe)

We’re in for a wacky week weather-wise.

Have a fantastilicious Tuesday

[ConorMacNessa]

Yes - in the fireplace. Saturday evening, my son grilled a trio of Porterhouse steaks in the back yard - and now we’re back to this!