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It controlled two B-52 squadrons and one KC-135 air refueling squadron. When flying operations ended at Carswell AFB, TX in December 1992, the group inactivated the following month. Upon activation of the 7th Wing at Dyess AFB, TX on 1 October 1993, the group again activated as the combat element of the wing.
Main gate entrance sign 7th Bomb Wing Headquarters Abilene Army Airfield, mid-1940s.. Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS, FAA LID: DYS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of downtown Abilene, Texas, and 150 miles (240 km) west of Fort Worth, Texas.
The 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force.It is stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, where it is also the host unit.
A Dyess AFB official counters a military news website's re-released list of bases to avoid that includes the Abilene installation.
Changes may be coming to Dyess Air Force Base and the Abilene area as the nation's new stealth bombers take to the skies. Dyess AFB is preferred as the second base for the B-21 Raiders and will ...
The U.S. Air Force evaluated environmental impacts of new bomber aircraft mission on Dyess AFB. The base is under review to house the new aircraft.
The 489th operates from Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas, flying Rockwell B-1 Lancers and is an associate unit of the Regular Air Force's 7th Bomb Wing, operating the same aircraft. The 489th is assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress unit at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
Following Jan. 28 deaths of three American soldiers, President Joe Biden and military officials remark they will not stand idle to attack on troops.