About Desert Thunder Squadron

The Desert Thunder Squadron (DTS), composed of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Honorary Commanders’ alumni and retired Air Force veterans known as Afterburners, continues to engage with their respective units in Tucson, Arizona. Now, as DTS members, we lend our skills and resources to the entire base, always ready to assist DMAFB Airmen and Missions.

Featured Programs

Supporting the amazing families of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is at the heart of what

Desert Thunder Squadron is all about. It’s an absolute honor—and a blast!

DMAFB Winterfest

Family Day at the Zoo

One Year Away Program

Davis-Monthan AFB Impact

  • Named #1 Air Force Base in 2012 and 2018

  • Generates $2.6 Billion annually for the local economy

  • Third largest employer in Tucson with more than 46,000 men and women on base

  • Supports 6 Combatant Commanders around the

    globe every day.

  • 164 numbered Air Force, ACC, and Air Force Awards

    since 2019, and ACC’s Installation of the Year for

    2020 and 2021.

Valued Partners / Sponsors

Vantage West Credi Union
Winers & Diners
Anchorwave
Reid Park Zoo
PICOR Charitable Foundation
El Tour Tucson
HSL Properties
Banner Healh
Born Companies
Tucson Medical Center
Pain Institute of Southern Arizona
Pima County HR
Pima Community College
Winers & Diners
Nova Home Loans
Winers & Diners
Pima Federal Credit Union
Tucson Foundations
Tucson Federal Credit Union
Seaver Franks
MHI RJ Aviation
POTOFF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY
Genesis OB-GYN
Diamond Ventures
Thomas Brown Foundation
Mesch, Clark and Rothschild
NAI Horizon
Swaim Associates
Poly Print
Royal Automotive Group
https://www.orielly.com/
Paul Dias Management (McDonalds)
HorizonJim Click Automotive
AGM Container Controls
Bombardier Service Centre

Desert Thunder Squadron, 501 (c)(3)

P.O. Box 14291 Tucson, AZ 85732 | [email protected]