• Angel Thunder Rescue Exercise to take place at DM

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base welcomes Air Combat Command's 6th Angel Thunder Personnel Recovery and Rescue Exercise April 7-20. During the exercise air operations will include a variety of native and visiting aircraft including the A-10 Thunderbolt II, HH-60G Pave Hawk, HC-130J Combat King II, CH-47

  • Largest U.S. military helicopter to visit D-M this week

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base welcomes six U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Marine Heavylift Helicopter Squadron 465 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 19-27. While here the helicopter pilots will conduct desert mountainous terrain training at Southern

  • D-M to host first Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk

    The Davis-Monthan AFB Fitness Center will host the first Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk April 27 at 8 a.m. The course navigates through hundreds of historic military aircraft stored and maintained by the 309th Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group here. The 309th AMARG provides depot-level

  • Twelve F-16s Hosted at D-M for two weeks

    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a common site in Tucson but residents may notice more F-16 traffic than normal operating from the base Mar. 11-21.The 355th Fighter Wing is hosting twelve Air National Guard F-16s conducting daily operations around southern Arizona as part of readiness training. The

  • D-M to hold operational readiness exercise

    Davis-Monthan AFB will be conducting a routine operational readiness exercise from March 11-14. Please be advised there will be increased activity on the base both during the day and night throughout the four day period. These exercises are held to ensure D-M's Airmen maintain the highest levels of

  • ACC to host largest rescue exercise in the world

    Media are invited to attend Air Combat Command's annual personnel recovery, and combat search and rescue exercise, Angel Thunder 2013, April 7-20 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Angel Thunder is the world's largest personnel recovery exercise, integrating sister services and numerous state, national,

  • Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course

    The Air Combat Command Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course will take place at Davis-Monthan Feb 28 through March 3. During the four-day course, aircrews will perform ground and flight training to enable civilian pilots of historic military aircraft and Air Force pilots of current

  • Davis-Monthan to conduct emergency response exercise

    Davis-Monthan will conduct a routine emergency response exercise Sept 18. Please be advised that there will be increased emergency responder activity on base and traffic flow through the gates may be affected. D-M personnel regularly practice their responses to various emergency scenarios that may

  • Air Force extends Operation Snowbird public comment period

    The U.S. Air Force is extending the public comment period for the draft Environmental Assessment concerning Operation Snowbird here until Oct. 4. This additional 20-day extension allows citizens more time to analyze the proposal to implement National Guard Training Plan 60-1 supporting Operation

  • New commander to assume command of D-M

    Col. Kevin Blanchard is slated to assume command of Davis-Monthan in a ceremony at 9 a.m. on Aug. 10.Colonel Blanchard comes to the wing from a one-year assignment as the vice commander of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. He will succeed Col. John Cherrey who