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Sept. 9, 2025
Dyess welcomes 8th Air Force command chief

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Brandon Wolfgang, Eighth Air Force command chief and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center senior enlisted leader, converses with 7th Bomb Wing Airmen during a base tour at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 2, 2025. Wolfgang is responsible to the 8th AF commander
Sept. 9, 2025
Dyess AFB hosts Congressional Staff Delegation visit

House China Select Committee Professional Staff Members receive a briefing about B-1B Lancer capabilities during a base tour on Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 27, 2025. Professional Staff Members or PSMs are career staff hired by congressional committees to research, draft legislation, conduct
June 3, 2022
3D printing provides 21st-century capabilities at Dyess AFB

The 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight fabricates aircraft and ground equipment parts that are no longer produced or supplied by manufacturers.
May 6, 2021
First B-1Bs resume flight operations

The first B-1B Lancers resumed flight operations May 3 following a safety stand-down issued April 20 by Gen. Tim Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command commander. Individual B-1B aircraft will return to flight as inspections and maintenance directed during the stand-down are completed on each
Dec. 10, 2019
Bombers to conduct Agile Combat Employment exercise

From Dec. 10-12, 2019, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, will conduct an off-base “Bomber Agile Combat Employment” (BACE) exercise (formerly Bomber Task Force Experiment #2) at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Texas. The exercise is designed to develop and test Dyess AFB’s ability to deploy aircraft to
Nov. 8, 2018
Raider Airmen fly in Green Flag 18-10

More than 100 Airmen from the 37th Bomb Squadron and 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base departed Oct. 25 to participate in exercise Green Flag 18-10, which runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 9.
Oct. 31, 2018
B-1s take off for Trident Juncture

B-1B Lancers from the 34th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing, launched from Ellsworth Air Force Base on Oct. 29 for a transatlantic flight to Norway to participate in Trident Juncture 2018.
April 19, 2018
Strikes Successful Against Syrian Chemical Weapons, DoD Officials Say

The strikes last week against Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal were successful in degrading that country’s chemical weapons, research and storage facilities, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson said.
Aug. 31, 2017
U.S. Fifth-Generation Fighters, Strategic Bombers Conduct Show of Force with Allies in Response to North Korea Missile Launch

The United States’ newest and most advanced fighter, the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II, joined U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers for the first time in a sequenced bilateral mission with Japan and Republic of Korea air forces in Northeast Asia August 30. Two B-1Bs from Andersen Air Force Base,
June 12, 2017
Ellsworth Airmen support bomber mission in European theatre

Approximately 100 Airmen and two B-1 bombers from Ellsworth deployed to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, in support of multiple joint and multinational exercises.

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