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  • Whiteman hosts 2010 Bark in the Park

    The 509th Force Support Squadron Community Activities Center and Veterinary Clinic hosted the 4th annual Whiteman Bark in the Park dog show Oct. 2 at Ike Skelton Park. The event included more than 50 participants of all breeds, sizes and colors to compete in 14 categories and 4 events.Members of

  • Local university donates rare training parts to Barksdale

    Shreveport Southern University recently donated rare B-52H parts to the 372nd Training Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The 372nd TRS will use the donated parts as training aids for aircraft maintenance training for Air Force Global Strike Command's B-52 Stratofortress crew chiefs. "These

  • Whiteman Airmen ensure aircraft safety with FOD checks

    As the sun peeked over the aircraft hangers, and the morning dew dripped from the parked aircraft on the Whiteman Air Force Base flightline, Air Force Global Strike Command maintainers, and crew chiefs were found stretched across the aircraft ramp standing side-by-side with plastic bags in hand.

  • Eighth Air Force breaks ground on new headquarters building

    Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, Eighth Air Force commander, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony on the $25 million renovation to the new Eighth Air Force Headquarters building on Barksdale Air Force Base Oct. 4. The renovation project covers more than 77,000 square feet of office space. Once

  • Eighth Air Force competes in dragon boat races

    More than 20 members of the Eighth Air Force competed in the 2nd Annual Red River Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat races Sept. 11 in downtown Shreveport, La. "Dragon boat racing is one of the fastest growing water sports today and this is an exciting new way we can enjoy our Red River," said John

  • Generals discuss nuclear enterprise at annual conference

    Four generals comprised the nuclear enterprise panel at the 2010 Air Force Association Conference and Technology Expo to answer questions from Airmen and civilians Sept. 13 here.Gen. Roger A. Brady, the U.S Air Forces in Europe commander; Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, the 20th Air Force commander; Maj.

  • 36th Wing hosts 8th Air Force commander

    Airmen from the 36th Wing took an opportunity recently to show the Commander of 8th Air Force, Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, a bit of hospitality and an in-depth view of the mission here.The mission of the Mighty Eighth is to safeguard America's interests through strategic deterrence and global combat

  • Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm assumes command of 509th BW

    Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm assumed command of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., in a ceremony Aug. 23, transferring the leadership of America's only B-2 wing from Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler.Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, 8th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony, commending the

  • New dorms improve Airmen morale, enhance Eighth Air Force mission

    Across the Eighth Air Force, renovation and construction products for quality of life improvements to dormitories for single Airmen at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Minot AFB, N.D., and Barksdale AFB, La., are currently underway."Quality of life is an on-going project of the Air Force community,"

  • Maintenance Airmen compete in Global Strike Challenge

    Approximately 20 of Barksdale Air Force Base's finest maintenance Airmen competed in the first Global Strike Challenge Aug. 17 to 18.Months of training prepared Barksdale competitors to compete against more than 400 bomber-crew Airmen from: Minot Air Force Base, N.D.; Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.;