• 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

  • Davis-Monthan requests proposals for solar-power contract

    The 355th Contracting Squadron here issued a request to prospective contractors today, inviting them to submit proposals to provide utility-grade renewable electric service to the base using a solar photovoltaic power system. The request offers between 10 and 330 total acres of suitable base land -