8th Air Force/J-GSOC

Operation Secret Squirrel at 35: The Mission that Defined Long-Range Strike

Thirty-five years ago, B-52’s from the Mighty Eighth changed the course of aviation history and laid the foundation for long range strike missions. They proved the ability of bombers to be flown from sanctuary bases deep inside the United States to anywhere in the world, strike targets, and return

Barksdale Adopts Cold Spray Technology to Improve B-52 Fleet Readiness

U.S. Airmen from the 2nd Maintenance Squadron recently began integrating cold spray technology to restore aging B-52H Stratofortress components in-house, reducing aircraft downtime and improving fleet readiness amid ongoing parts constraints.

Virtual Flag: Coalition enhances global partnerships, interoperability, and readiness

The Virtual Flag: Coalition 26-1 exercise, hosted annually by the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, serves as a cornerstone of U.S. and allied forces' readiness, interoperability, and mission command

Dyess Fire, Air Traffic Control collaborate for joint exercise

The 7th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department partnered with the 7th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Control Tower for a joint training exercise at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 15, 2025. The exercise validated emergency response operations between the Dyess Fire Department and the air

Team Minot showcases two legs of the nuclear triad to new U.S. Strategic Command leadership team

On the second stop of their first field visit as the new command team for U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Navy Adm. Rich Correll, commander, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn Naumann, command senior enlisted leader, got a firsthand look of the Airmen and mission at Minot AFB, North Dakota, Dec. 16,

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

Video by Staff Sgt. Draeke Layman

Minuteman GT-245 Launch - Narrated

Space Launch Delta 30

Feb. 10, 2023 | 1:15

A team of Air force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry at 11:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first century threats and reassure our allies. Such tests have occurred over 300 times before and this test is not the result of current world events.