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  • Goodwin assumes command of 2 BW

    Col. Kristin Goodwin assumed command of the 2nd Bomb Wing during a change of command ceremony at Hoban Hall on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 1.As the new 2nd BW commander, Goodwin is responsible for providing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, aircrew, and associated support personnel and

  • 5th BW welcomes new commander

    Col. Jason Armagost accepted command of the 5th Bomb Wing from Col. Alex Mezynski during a change of command ceremony here, July 14, 2014.Armagost comes to the 5th BW from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, where he was the vice commander of the 36th Wing. As vice commander, Armagost was responsible for

  • Eighth Air Force moves into new headquarters

    The Mighty Eighth Air Force held a grand opening ceremony for its new headquarters here July 2.The newly-renovated 77,000 square foot facility will House Eighth Air Force staff, Task Force 204, 608th Air Operations Center, and more.Prior to the ribbon-cutting, Major General Scott Vander Hamm, Eighth

  • World War II Veteran receives French Legion of Honor

    On a boat, rocking back and forth, soldiers were packed shoulder to shoulder. The Allied soldiers were anxious as they prepared for one of the greatest days in history. It was June 6, 1944, where more than 150,000 Allied soldiers, in the largest seaborne invasion in history, invaded Normandy in

  • Eighth Air Force honors D-Day and 'The Greatest Generation'

    On June 6, 1944 more than 11,000 aircraft, including strategic heavy bombers and fighters from the Eighth Air Force, played a key role in D-Day, supporting Allied troops as they stormed the beaches at Normandy, gaining a foothold in German-occupied Western Europe that would gradually expand and lead

  • Maintaining a legacy: 2nd AMXS continues WWI heritage

    There's one room in the 96th Bomb Squadron that shows Airmen not just maintaining aircraft, but maintaining and recording their heritage by volunteering off-duty time and resources to the special place displaying their lineage.The 96th BS Heritage Room is not only a reminder to the maintainers'

  • Eighth Air Force Commander's Vector 2014

    Maj. Gen. Scott A. Vander Hamm, 8th Air Force commander, recently released his vision, in a memorandum dated 29 April, for the future of the Mighty Eighth in continuing the stewardship of the Air Force's top mission.The commander's emphasis is to safeguard America's interests through strategic

  • World War II veteran takes final trip to where memories were made

    For many members of the military, there is that one base or one assignment you really enjoy or will remember for the rest of your life - for retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann, that place was in the United Kingdom at RAF Alconbury. Dihlmann enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps when he was 25 years old