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Dyess Air Force Base
7th Bomb Wing Commander
Phone: 325-696-2863
Site Manager
Phone: 325-696-2863 |
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| Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) is a United
States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 7 miles
southwest of downtown Abilene, and approximately 150 miles west
of Fort Worth. |
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| The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing
assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force. The 7 BW
is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the
USAF, the other being the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force
Base, South Dakota. |
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| The 317th Airlift Wing, assigned to Air
Mobility Command (AMC) Eighteenth Air Force, is a tenant unit
and one of four world-wide active-duty locations for the C-130
Hercules military transport aircraft. |
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| 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 Joe
Kramer. The Vice Commander is Colonel Kevin Kippie and the
Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Matt
Coltrin. |
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| Dyess covers 6,409-acre, and 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 USAF schoolhouse for
all B-1B aircrew members. |
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| The base employs more than 5,000 people,
making it the single largest employer in the area. Dyess AFB
has nearly 200 facilities on base, plus 988 units of family
housing, and encompasses 6,117 acres of land. The base has a
total economic impact of nearly $310 million yearly on the
local community. |
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