355th CES deployers return home

National Healthcare Decisions Day nears, legal office reminds servicemembers to create living wills

Join the base legal office and Americans across the country in making your future healthcare decisions known to your family, friends, and healthcare providers by creating your Advanced Medical Directive. The legal office is currently taking appointments for Advanced Medical Directives as part of the

Pre-registration for Sonoran Science Academy to end April 30

Pre-registration for sixth- through eighth-grade students to the Sonoran Science Academy here ends April 30. Sonoran Science Academy will host a pre-registration night April 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Lowell H. Smith Elementary School building, where staff members will make a 15-minute presentation,

Commentary: PT is kind of like dirty socks

The phone rings in your office. It is the orderly room and they want to speak to you. Daily Air Force life lends itself to a couple possibilities. Performance report overdue? No. Late for a meeting? No. Orders? Can't be. When you ask them what they want, their response is simply, "You need to come

Expeditionary entertainer returns to Tucson

For one Arizona Air Guardsman a year-long tour with the 2008 Tops in Blue team wasn't about talent, it was about a mission. In mid March, Tech. Sgt. Chandra Smith, a personnel specialist assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing's Alert Detachment at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, returned home to family

Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off March 30

The Air Force Assistance Fund, a fund that benefits active duty, reserve, guard, retirees, surviving spouses and families, kicks off March 30 and will run through May 11. The 355th Fighter Wing's goal this year is to raise $100,355. "The Air Force Assistance Fund is an opportunity to serve our

Base housing utility outages

In order to severe housing from the base utilities, the following outages are scheduled and will affect various housing neighborhoods: March 30- Water outage affecting Kachina Village from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 4- Water outage affecting all Saratoga from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 7- Water outage

D-M 50 Picnic goes off without a hitch, provides picnic-goers with fun-under-the-sun

More than 3000 Airmen, base employees and family members gathered at Davis-Monthan's Bama Park March 13 to join in the 16th annual D-M 50 Picnic. "It goes without saying, a major highlight was the children's faces as they climbed, tumbled and bounced on the numerous activities," said 1st Lt. Kenneth

‘Fake ID 101’ public info campaign begins at six local establishments

The base has joined a partnership of local state and national organizations to promote the "Fake ID 101" campaign, which started March 12 and will run for two more months. Wednesdays through Saturdays until May 16, patrons at six participating bars will see a variety of posters and sandwich boards

D-M award winners receive incentive flights during HFC

While hundreds of spectators flocked to the flight line here to gaze up at this year's Heritage Flight Conference aerial demonstrations, 12 D-M Airmen had a slightly different vantage point. The Airmen had two things in common: They were all wing-level or base-level award selectees during 2008, and