Teens 'pitch in' to clean up Rillito Wash

Twelve Davis-Monthan teens and three staff members worked for several hours Saturday to help clean up the Rillito River Park Wash as part of "Make a Difference! Day," a national day of volunteering to build better communities. "Our main purpose is to change the adult perception of teens," said Semmi

Chiefs' Group announces October's 'Sharp Troop' winners

The following Airmen are the D-M Chiefs' Group "Sharp Troop" award-winners for October 2007:Airman 1st Class Kevin Carpenter 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jason Simms 355th Maintenance Operations Squadron Tech. Sgt. Chastity Lee 355th Fighter Wing Staff Staff Sgt. Robert H. May 355th

35 D-M Airmen graduate from ALS

The following Davis-Monthan members will graduate from Airman Leadership School Oct. 30.  Airman Leadership School is an approximately six week-long Air Force program designed to develop Airmen into effective front-line supervisors. It is the first professional military education  that enlisted Air

D-M Airmen return home from deployment

Food, fun for Airmen and families at D-M 50 Picnic Saturday

This year's D-M 50 picnic, which has a theme of "Welcome to the Wild, Wild.West" is scheduled for Saturday at Bama Park here between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The picnic will be providing a variety of entertainment, free food and drinks for Airmen and their families.El Paso BBQ will provide food for the

Self-refer for a mammogram today

The 355th Medical Group has recently decided to expand the mammography department for self-referrals. Because one out of seven women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, the American Cancer Society recommends a yearly screening mammogram for all women age 40 and above. If

ACC names MAJCOM level award winners

Recently Air Combat Command announced its 2007 award winners to include D-M personnel. - Gerrit D. Foster Jr., Outstanding Military Personnel Flight Achievement Award: Category I: 355th Mission Support Squadron- Outstanding Personnel Manager of the Year: Headquarters Level Categories: Category V-A:

Should Aero Club reactivate?

Several years ago Davis-Monthan had an active Aero Club. We are trying to determine if there is enough interest to make it worthwhile to reactivate the Aero Club. An on-base Aero Club would be a membership organization run by personnel from Davis-Monthan that would provide general aviation light

LSET inspection determines aircraft maintenance reliability with outstanding logistics support

The 355th Maintenance Group and 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron had a Logistics Standardization and Evaluation Team inspection Oct. 1 to 5 to ensure that the base has reliable aircraft maintenance practices and sustained logistics support. The inspection is conducted every two years. After four

MCRC to hold public meeting

The Military-Community Relations Committee  will hold its next public meeting Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Copper Room of the Randolph Golf Course Complex in Tucson. Neighborhood and homeowners associations, Tucson organizations, and business groups interested in becoming part of this committee should