Dyess AFB Base Guide

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Members of Leadership Abilene walk onto a C-130J Super Hercules for a familiarization flight at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, March, 16, 2018.
Members of Leadership Abilene walk onto a C-130J Super Hercules for a familiarization flight at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, March, 16, 2018. The Abilene, Texas Chamber of Commerce select several key community leaders a year to participate in Leadership Abilene. Through the program, the members receive the opportunity to visit and tour Dyess as the base is integral to the community partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Copeland)

 

Originally known as Abilene Air Force Base, the Strategic Air Command base was dedicated by the city fathers at the end of Abilene's Diamond Jubilee in 1956. On December 6 of that same year, the base was renamed Dyess AFB in honor of Lt. Col William Edwin Dyess.

Dyess Air Force Base a professional team, delivering bombing, airlift support, training and combat support to combatant commanders anytime, anywhere. Dyess AFB trains all Air Force B-1 crews and is commonly referred to as the "Home of the B-1."

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