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  • Airmen return home from six-month deployment

    Airmen from the 20th Bomb Squadron here, returned home Aug. 24, following a six-month deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of Continuous Bomber Presence operations.Air Force Global Strike Command's deployment of long-range heavy bombers to Andersen AFB, demonstrates the command's

  • Teamwork is key for Northern Edge

    Five B-52H Stratofortresses from the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, headed to Alaska June 22 to participate in Exercise Northern Edge 2015.Northern Edge is a joint training exercise involving all military branches and prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the

  • Operation Arc Light marked first time in combat for B-52

    Fifty years ago, the B-52 entered combat for the first time as part of Operation Arc Light in Vietnam, which was the culmination of several years of planning and preparation.Strategic Air Command had always harbored a residual conventional capability with its bombers, but it was not until the early

  • The waves of Omaha

    Shivering in the cold, packed in a fishing boat; an anxious man waits for an opportunity to make history. The battle begins, taking only minutes for one man to lose every officer in his squadron.The day is June 6, 1944, and this soldier is storming on Omaha Beach Normandy, France.Suddenly, John

  • Continuing the legacy: Tibbets takes command of 509th Bomb Wing

    During a historical ceremony June 5, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets IV took command of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.Tibbets' grandfather, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., was the pilot of "Enola Gay," the B-29 Superfortress known for dropping the "Little Boy" atomic bomb Aug.

  • Maj. Gen. Clark assumes command of 'Mighty Eighth'

    Maj. Gen. Richard Clark assumed command of the 8th Air Force during a change of command ceremony at the Weapons Load Facility here, today.As the new commander of the "Mighty Eighth," Clark is responsible for safeguarding America's interests through strategic deterrence and global combat power.Lt.

  • Stand-off Munitions Application Center brings efficiency to force

    For more than a year, the 608th Air Operations Center has provided a unique capability to the Department of Defense through the Stand-off Munitions Application Center, an integrated initiative focused on efficiently building stand-off strike capabilities into the operations plans of combatant