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  • D-M has positive impact on Tucson economy

    According to D-M's Fiscal Year 2012 Economic Impact Analysis, released here April 26, D-M and military retirees circulated approximately $1.6 billion and helped create more than 4,600 jobs in the local area."The EIA is usually released around April each year, it takes about three to four months to

  • Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center seeks patients

    Airmen who are sick of living day to day with their glasses or contacts have an opportunity to leave them behind.The Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center at the David Grant USAF Medical Center here currently has no waiting list for laser eye surgery. Airmen in the western region who want to

  • Financial Wingmanship

    Members of the Desert Lightning Team have until May 17 to contribute to the Air Force Assistance Fund. The deadline has been extended to allow for more contributions. AFAF supports four charities whose benefits are available only to those in the Air Force family - the Air Force Aid Society, Air

  • AMARG held Boneyard 5K

    The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group hosted the Desert Boneyard 5K here, April 28. AMARG, commonly known as the Boneyard, is a one-of-a-kind, specialized facility within the Air Force where aircraft retire.Prior to the run, participants watched as Airmen from the D-M Honor Guard

  • Free defense class offered to women

    The 355th Security Forces Squadron and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program offer a free basic self-defense class here about once a monthThe Rape Aggression Defense Systems class teaches women realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques against various types of assault.The class is

  • Students tour D-M squadrons

    First grade students from the Family Life Academy of Tucson paid a visit to the installation April 23.More than 20 students, along with family members, visited the 358th Fighter Squadron and the 55th Rescue Squadron to get an inside look at their mission."It was around first grade that I decided I

  • Civilian pay transitions into ATAAPS

    D-M went live with the Automated Time Attendance and Production System for civilians Sunday here, April 21.The ATAAPS program is an Air Force wide program designed to prepare audit readiness, as well as financial readiness, across the Air Force. Kimberly Hervey, 355th Comptroller Squadron ATAAPS

  • Team RWB and DLT run for Boston Marathon

    Members of the Desert Lightning Team and their families participated in the Team Red, White and Blue-Tucson's Boston Marathon Attack Response Run at Reid Park in Tucson, Ariz., April 17.The run was organized by Team RWB as a way for the Tucson community to show its support for the people affected by

  • The "Last One" departs

    The final F-4 regenerated from storage at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group performed its last flight over Tucson, here, April 17, before heading to Mojave, Calif.Aircraft 68-0599, an RF-4C Phantom, arrived at AMARG for storage on January 18, 1989 and had not flown since.Mr.

  • Photos: Angel Thunder 2013 - Aircraft Crash Exercise

    Angel Thunder 2013 provides personnel recovery and combat search and rescue training for combat aircrews, pararescue, intelligence personnel, battle managers and joint search and rescue center personnel.