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  • Airman and Family Readiness Center hosts Commissary Night

    The 355th Airman and Family Readiness Center will be hosting a Commissary Night, April 24.The free event will be held for spouses of deployed Airmen and Exceptional Family Member Program families at the Commissary from 6-8 p.m.“It's an opportunity for spouses to shop uninhibited while providing them

  • D-M’s 2015 Economic Impact is released

     The Desert Lightning Team and military retirees contributed $1.5 billion to the Tucson community last fiscal year, according to the D-M AFB FY 2015 Economic Impact Analysis, released April 22.This annual report captures the base’s employment; annual payroll, expenditures and estimated financial

  • New Urgent Care Pilot Program for Prime Beneficiaries

    To increase access to care, the Department of Defense is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. This program allows Prime enrollees two visits to a network or TRICARE authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization. The Urgent Care Pilot Program,

  • Military family comes through in tragedy

    I woke up last week to news that one of my closest friends’ town house in Maryland caught on fire at 4 a.m while they were sleeping, warm and cozy in their beds.

  • Open house in review

    The Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House was held here, March 12-13.The free event gave the community a chance to view aerial demonstrations and more than 40 static displays of current and historic aircraft, while having the opportunity to learn about the Air Force and interact with D-M’s

  • SecAF & U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy visit Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Deputy Secretary of Energy Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall visited Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for the first time to gain firsthand knowledge about the various missions operations, priorities, capabilities, March 9.The officials also visited the base

  • Tucson hometown hero soars with the Thunderbirds

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Conrad Nelson, from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, secures Brendan Lyons, Tucson community hometown hero, in Thunderbird 7, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 11, 2016. Lyons was nominated as a hometown hero to fly with

  • Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House 2016

    U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, perform a “Diamond Pass in Review” maneuver during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House event at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13, 2016. The hour-long demonstration gave spectators the chance to witness the

  • Wings of Blue over D-M

    Twenty-five Airmen completed a tandem skydive with the 98th Flying Training Squadron, Wings of Blue skydiving demonstration team, March 10.The team’s main mission is training cadets to make unassisted freefall skydives. They run the only certified first-jump program in the world where students can