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  • Deployed Barksdale medic earns Purple Heart

    Airman 1st Class Bryenna Brooks of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., home of Air Force Global Strike Command, was recently awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the deployed environment.Along with the Purple Heart, Brooks also received a Combat Medical Badge, an Air Force Combat Action

  • General Wilson steps up to lead 'The Mighty Eighth'

    Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson assumed command of Air Force Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force at historic Hoban Hall here June 3.At the same ceremony, General Wilson also became commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike of U.S. Strategic Command, headquartered at

  • Barksdale celebrates Sports Day

    Barksdale Airmen were up before sunrise May 25. This time, it wasn't for work -- they were out on the water at the Red River South Marina fishing, during the wing' s first event of the day for Sports Day.This day was designed to improve team work and promote the Air Force's Fit-to-Fight mission,

  • 5th Bomb Wing welcomes new commander

    Col. James Dawkins assumed command of the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., in a change-of-command ceremony May 31. Colonel Dawkins is the 51st commander of the "Warbirds." The change-of-command ceremony is one of the Air Force's time-honored traditions.

  • Eighth Air Force members 'paint their hearts out'

    More than a dozen members of the Headquarters Eighth Air Force A4/7 staff were just some of more than 1,400 volunteers who spread out to give Shreveport, La., a face-lift of sorts by painting homes all over town May 21.This the 19th year of the "Paint Your Heart Out'' program, which has become a

  • 608th Strategic Operations Squadron gets new commander

    Lt. Col. Donald Nesbitt assumed command of the 608th Strategic Operations Squadron from Col. Randy Allen, Task force 204 director, during a change-of-command ceremony May 25 at the Cyber Innovation Center, the temporary headquarters to Eighth Air Force. Colonel Nesbitt took command of the 608th STOS

  • Experts discuss future long-range strike bomber requirements

    More than 30 military and civilian strategic air power experts gathered at the Eighth Air Force's temporary headquarters in the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier CIty, La., May 5 to discuss ideas for a new long-range strike bomber. Called the Bomber Advisory Group, the long-range strike luminaries

  • B-52H reaches aviation milestone

    Fifty years ago, the Air Force delivered a devastating, long-range, multi-role bomber to its fleet--the B-52H Stratofortress. May 9 marked the 50th Anniversary of operational service by the B-52H, a milestone in Boeing and aviation history.From entering the skies to combat Soviet tensions during the

  • 608th STOS holds crawfish boil

    Members of the 608th Strategic Operations Squadron held a crawfish boil at the Cyber Innovation Center, home of the Eighth Air Force headquarters staff, in Bossier City, La., May 13. Crawfish season in Louisiana begins in March and continues through July. Louisiana supplies 98 percent of the