8th Air Force/J-GSOC

53rd Wing B-52 executes long-range mine test, advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment

A B-52H Stratofortress attached to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron validated the ability to deploy inert Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) QuickStrike Extended Range (QS-ER) mines from a standoff distance of more than 40 miles off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii at the Pacific Missile Range

AgilePod Demo Expands B-52 Communications

The backbone of the U.S.’s strategic bomber force, the B-52 Stratofortress, will soon demonstrate advanced communications capabilities through the new AgilePod, enabling a modernized, further-reaching, more secure communication on the historic aircraft.B-52 aircrew depend on rapid incoming and

53rd Wing completes Operational Testing of B-1B Sustainment Block-18 software

The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed the Field Development Evaluation (FDE) of Sustainment Block-18 (SB-18), a major software block upgrade providing new capabilities and improvements to the B-1B Lancer avionics suite, in late March, 2023.

Headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in the communities of Bossier City and Shreveport, La., Eighth Air Force is one of two active-duty numbered air forces in Air Force Global Strike Command.

graphic of the Eighth Air Force shield

The Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operation Center's mission is to conduct indefinite strategic deterrence operations; on order neutralize the enemy through global strike in order to protect the United States of America.

An agile, back-to-basics command; bridging to the future and ready to fight tonight!

Live our Air Force Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence in All we do

Ensure our "Big-3 Missions": Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, Expeditionary Readiness

Enable Airmen and their families

53rd Wing B-52 executes long-range mine test, advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment

AgilePod Demo Expands B-52 Communications

AOC FTU reopens for initial qualification training

B-1B Lancers integrate with partners, build interoperability during exercise COPE INDIA 2023

53rd Wing completes Operational Testing of B-1B Sustainment Block-18 software

Leadership

ANDREW J. GEBARA

DEAN D. SNIEGOWSKI

BRIDGET MCNAMARA

CHARLES M. DROUILLARD

RONNIE J. WOODS

STEPHEN D. NICHOLAS

8th Air Force and the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center

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AFGSC Stories

53rd Wing B-52 executes long-range mine test, advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment

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