• Operation Snowbird update

    The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force deployed eight GR-9 Harrier aircraft here Monday for training as part of Operation Snowbird. The aircraft will begin operational flying Thursday and are scheduled to end Feb. 26. The aircraft will depart the Tucson area at the beginning of March. During their

  • Operation Snowbird update

    The Royal Dutch Air Force and the 178th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard will deploy 15 F-16 Fighting Falcons to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Jan. 12-31 as part of Operation Snowbird. During their brief stay, pilots will comply with the base's normal traffic pattern and noise abatement

  • Military-Community Relations Committee next public meeting Jan. 21

    The next Military-Community Relations Committee public meeting is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. in 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

  • D-M, Pima County officials set to hold joint terrorism-response exercise

    Base and Pima County officials, to include members from the Tucson fire and police departments, will be holding exercise Operation Sweat Socks at 9 a.m. Nov. 20 here to evaluate player actions against current response plans and capabilities for a terrorist incident response. In the exercise

  • Operation Junior Heroes to familiarize kids with deployment process

    The Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Airman & Family Readiness Center here will be presenting "Operation Junior Heroes" at D-M Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is a simulated deployment for servicemembers' dependent children, ages 5-17. "Recruits" will start at Heritage Park

  • ACC to host multinational personnel recovery exercise

    Media are invited to attend Air Combat Command's annual personnel recovery and Combat Search and Rescue exercise, Angel Thunder 08, scheduled for Dec. 1 through 12 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. In its third year, Angel Thunder 08 is the most complex and largest Department of Defense

  • Military-Community Relations Committee next public meeting Sept. 10

    The next Military-Community Relations Committee public meeting is scheduled for September 10 at 6 p.m. in 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

  • D-M seeks charter school to open middle school on base

    The base community here at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is pursuing an existing charter school to open a middle school on base by August 2009. The base is finalizing the request for proposal with Nov. 14 as the target completion date. Community parents, teachers and interested members

  • Military-Community Relations Committee next public meeting November 12

    The next Military-Community Relations Committee public meeting is scheduled for November 12 at 6 p.m. in 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

  • Operation Snowbird Updates

    The United Kingdom and Belgium will deploy flying units to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for intermittent periods from September through November as part of Operation Snowbird. * Nine British Army AH-60 helicopters will operate for two weeks in late September and early October. * Two British Puma