• First week ANGEL THUNDER Media Events

    Media are invited to attend the following events during the first week of ANGEL THUNDER:1 June: High Angle Rescue at Mt. LemmonRescue forces train w/ US Marshalls to save those injured in dangerous mountain conditions @ Mt Lemmon in Tucson. #AngelThunder2015RSVP by 29 May at 3 p.m.3 June: Alternate

  • ANGEL THUNDER'S Non-conventional Assisted Recovery in Flagstaff, Az.

    ANGEL THUNDER participants will conduct Personnel rescue exercises using Non-conventional Assisted Recovery (NAR) techniques in Flagstaff, Ariz.1-13 June.ANGEL THUNDER is the world's largest personnel recovery exercise hosted by Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Ariz. It is supported by 12

  • Weather forces AWACs to D-M

    Eight Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from the 552d Air Control Wing from Tinker AFB, Ok. are arriving to D-M, today.The AWACs are coming to D-M to wait out reported tornadoes in Oklahoma. Once the area is deemed safe by 552d weather personnel, the AWACs will return home.For any

  • Final Total Force Training Environmental Assessment Released

    The final Environmental Assessment for Total Force Training, released here today by Air Combat Command, concludes a "Finding of No Significant Impact." The Air Force will implement the proposed action alternative which places a cap on Total Force Training (formerly Operation Snowbird) flights at

  • A deployed 355th SFS Defender received recognition

    A1C Tinalouise Dunbar, from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., was recently selected by 386th Air Expeditionary Wing leadership as April's Unsung Hero Award recipient.Dunbar distinguished herself by protecting the US Speaker of the House, 30 distinguished visitors, six Senators and two British

  • ANGEL THUNDER to bring increased flying in Arizona

    The 8th annual ANGEL THUNDER Personnel Recovery exercise will take place 30 May - 13 June, here and throughout the southwest.ANGEL THUNDER is the world's largest Personnel Recovery exercise, integrating sister services and numerous state, national, multinational and interagency assets dedicated to

  • D-M celebrates Earth Day with Soaring Heights

    Soaring Heights Communities, the privatized Lend Lease housing community on Davis-Monthan, celebrated Earth Day with help from The Groundskeeper, and some of the community's youngest residents."We're thrilled to work with The Groundskeeper to plant a 24-inch Ash tree, here, at Ironwood Park for

  • 48th Rescue Squadron trains for the real deal

    Airmen for the 48th Rescue Squadron conducted a pre-deployment training exercise, April 14.In preparation for future deployments the Airmen focused on enhancing their proficiency in a number of different skillsets including mass casualty treatment and evacuation, extrication, and confined

  • One unit will train at D-M during April

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base will host one U.S. military flying unit for training during April. * Fourteen F-16C Fighting Falcons, from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas, are here conducting training through 25 April.               The training scenarios will take place in southern Arizona's many