Important base access and entry requirements during open house week

Base access procedures will be different from normal operations from 6:30 p.m. on April 13 to 6:30 p.m. on April 15. Craycroft Gate will close at 6:30 p.m. April 13 and Wilmot Gate will begin 24-hour operations as the main base entrance until the end of the open house on April 15.Anyone with base

D-M dependant opens for open house

While other 15-year-olds are getting their learners permit, Heather Knox, daughter of Maj. Kenneth Knox, 79th Rescue Squadron assistant director of operations, is scheduled to perform the National Anthem in front of approximately 250,000 people at this year's D-M 'Thunder and Lightning over Arizona'

Air Force ends pilot travel card program

The Air Force recently decided to transition existing Controlled Spend Account travel cards to an enhanced Government Travel Card by the end of fiscal 2012. "The CSA, a pilot travel card program, provided some enhancements for travelers, but also brought about significant challenges for our most

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D-M plans several events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In order to increase sexual assault awareness and prevention Davis-Monthan has scheduled the following special events: -April 2-5 & April 28-29: Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) training- No cost basic physical defense classes open to women and female children

D-M preps for Open House

D-M is opening its gates to the public at the 2012 'Thunder and Lightning over Arizona' open house, April 14-15.The open house is usually a bi-annual event. 'Arizona & Aerospace Days' air show took place in March 2010.This year, the base is celebrating aviation history, airpower and 100 years of

D-M named best installation in the Air Force

Air Force leaders announced March 26, that Davis-Monthan is the winner of the 2012 Commander-In-Chief's Annual Award  for Installation Excellence. The CINC IE Award is a Department of Defense award given to the best installation in each military service annually along with a $1 million prize for

February 2012 Crime and Punishment

Editor's note: Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals who received Nonjudicial Punishment are not identified.Article 15 Actions: During February 2012, D-M commanders

D-M successfully completes ORI

The votes have been tallied and a decision has been made. The Operational Readiness Inspection has come to a successful conclusion. Inside the base theater in front of a packed house, the Air Combat Command Inspector General showed the following overall ratings. The 355th Fighter Wing received a

DM 50 picnic scheduled for March 31

The annual DM- 50 will be held this March 31 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bama Park on D-M. The picnic is a free event for active duty, families, retirees and any guests sponsored on to the base. At Bama Park there will be a canine demo, fire trucks and police cars static displays, an explosive