Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Dyess AFB.
Suburbs of Dyess AFB: Abilene.
Zip codes in the city: 79607.
Taylor County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home has honored the lives of loved ones in and around Abilene since 1933. Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery & Crematory is a quiet place of serene beauty. Our lush landscaped grounds and comforting features make the...
Parker-Jacobs Funeral Home is a continuation of a long-time Callahan County funeral service tradition started around the turn of the 20th century as Schwartz Furniture and Undertaking Company. Roger "Skip" and Pat Parker assumed ownership in...
Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS, FAA LID: DYS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Abilene, Texas.The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force. The 7 BW is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.Dyess AFB was established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB). It is named in honor of Texas native and Bataan Death March survivor Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess. The 7th Bomb Wing is commanded by Colonel David Benson. The Vice Commander is Colonel Michael Miller and the Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Aaron D. Bennett.Dyess AFB is a 6,409-acre (25.94 km2) base with over 13,000 military and civilian people. It is home to the 7th Bomb Wing, which consists of four groups. Two squadrons, the 9th and 28th Bomb Squadrons, fly the B-1B. In addition, the 28th Bomb Squadron is the Air Force schoolhouse for all B-1B aircrew members.The base is located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX and is about 200 miles (320 km) west of Dallas. The base employs more than 5,000 people, making it the single largest employer in the area. Dyess AFB has nearly 200 facilities on base, plus 988 units of family housing, and encompasses 6,117 acres (24.75 km2) of land. The base has a total economic impact of nearly $310 million yearly on the local community.
The base was named in honor of Texas native and Bataan survivor Lt Col William Edwin Dyess.
The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942. During retraining in the United States, his P-38 Lightning caught fire in flight on December 23, 1943 near Burbank, CA. Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Abilene, Texas a city in Taylor County, Texas County, Texas, United States. He refused to bail out over a populated area and died in the crash of his P-38 in a vacant lot. . Dyess escaped in April 1943 and fought with guerilla forces on Mindanao until evacuated by submarine in July 1943.
The official website for the city of Dyess AFB is https://www.dyess.af.mil/.
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