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

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.

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Mission

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.

Vision

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

Priorities

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

   

Mission Videos

Video by Airman 1st Class Emma Anderson
Team Dyess rounds out first air show in four years
7th Bomb Wing
April 24, 2023 | 9:43
Video of the 2023 Dyess Big Country Air Fest on Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 22, 2023. More than 30,000 event goers attended the one-day event highlighting the best of America’s only Lift and Strike base, Air Force heritage and Dyess community partners. The air show featured the F-22 Raptor demo team, U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue, U.S. Army Golden Knights, WW II heritage flight and B-1B Lancer and C-130J Super Hercules fly overs.
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