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  • 2nd MUNS gears up for Global Strike Challenge

    With only weeks left until the 2nd annual Global Strike Challenge, the 2nd Munitions Squadron team members have kicked training into high gear to ensure they bring the first prize trophy -- and bragging rights -- home to Barksdale AFB.During Global Strike Challenge, Airmen from operations,

  • Eighth Air Force particpates in retreat ceremony

    Members of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters participate in a retreat ceremony with the 2nd Medical Group Aug.10, 2011, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The retreat ceremony serves a twofold purpose. It signals the end of the official duty day and serves as a ceremony for paying respect to the flag.

  • Eighth Air Force major sets record at jump school

    Awe-inspiring. Exhilarating. Beyond fun. Serene. Contemplative. Exhausting. Numbing. Mindless. Stupid. Inane. These are all words one Airman from the Headquarters Eighth Air Force used to describe the feelings and emotions he had after jumping from a plane."I attended, and even more amazingly,

  • Barksdale holds first motorcycle awareness ride

    More than 130 riders shinned up their bikes and donned protective gear to attend a motorcycle safety remembrance ride hosted by the 2nd Bomb Wing Safety office - the first of its kind here.The riders attended an hour long awareness briefing prior to embarking on a two hour course, which lead them

  • Second-annual Global Strike Challenge underway

    Teams from across Air Force Global Strike Command, as well as the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command and Air Combat Command, recently began competing in the second-annual Global Strike Challenge.Operations, maintenance and security forces teams from bomber and missile wings will compete

  • Global Strike Airman tops the list

    An Air Force Global Strike Command technical sergeant was announced as one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2011, here on July 13.Tech. Sgt. Bradley Williams, a vehicle operations supervisor for 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron, will be honored by Air Force Association

  • Eighth Air Force volunteers time to help children

    Fourteen members of the Eighth Air Force volunteered their time to help the Providence House in downtown Shreveport, La., July 20. The Eighth Air Force Top 3 sponsored the event and members from the Headquarters Eighth Air Force staff and 608th Air Operations Center volunteered to build new shelves

  • Buff participates in the Royal International Air Tattoo

    Celebrating the 40th anniversary of what is billed as the world's largest military air show, RAF Fairford turned over the airfield to the Royal International Air Tattoo July 16-17.Held at RAF Fairford 21 times since 1985, the Royal International Air Tattoo hosted more than 200 aircraft from 30

  • 'The Mighty Eighth' commander receives second star

    In a ceremony attended by more than 20 senior leaders from throughout Barksdale Air Force Base, the commander of Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) collected some new hardware. Maj. Gen. Stephen Wilson was frocked to the rank of major general during a promotion ceremony at the Barksdale Club

  • More Airmen displaced from North Dakota floods

    The count has increased to a total of 1,142 displaced Airmen and their family members as a result of the Souris River flooding which began June 20.The base continues to offer emergency shelter to displaced base affiliated Department of Defense employees and their families. An estimated 4,000 homes