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  • Wingman Stand Down focuses on saving lives

    All Air Force Global Strike Command units observed a Wingman Stand Down in May to discuss strategies to prevent suicides and private motor vehicle accidents, and to improve wingman skills.This year the Air Force deliberately took a different approach to addressing these critically important issues

  • 8th Air Force commander awards POW Medal to family of WWII Airman

    The legacy of 8th Air Force Airmen who served during World War II was celebrated during a Prisoner of War Medal ceremony honoring Staff Sgt. James Taylor at the 8th Air Force Museum on Barksdale Air Force Base May 21. Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, 8th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and

  • 5th BW kicks off 'Ride-along' program

    Col. Douglas A. Cox, 5th Bomb Wing commander, and Maj. Kyle Smet, 5th BW executive officer, took the lead and participated in a new program called the Minot AFB & Minot Police Department Supervisor 'Ride-Along' Program on the evening of May 21."Ride-Along" means to be an official passenger in a

  • AFGSC commander gets close-up look at deployed bomber operations

    Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, visited here May 13-16 to assess ongoing bomber operations and meet with deployed Airmen.Although bombers have rotated through Guam continuously since March 2004, the nation's B-2s and B-52s have been aligned under Air Force Global

  • Teamwork contributes to successful base exercise

    Minot AFB conducted a Bomber Strategic Aircraft Recovery Team mobility training exercise to help the base practice and prepare for deployment scenarios.During the  exercise, held May 3 to 7, units from across the base came together to process passengers, mobility folders and cargo in support of

  • Barksdale participates in Exercise Red Flag - Alaska

    Approximately 150 2d Bomb Wing pilots, maintenance Airmen and support personnel recently returned from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where they participated in the 10-day Exercise Red Flag - Alaska.The exercise is designed to provide realistic and demanding air-combat training to flying units from

  • Ribbon cutting marks 8th Air Force move to Bossier City

    Eighth Air Force conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony with local and state officials March 29 to mark the temporary relocation of 8th Air Force Headquarters to the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City.The move is the result of a need to relocate and renovate facilities at Barksdale with the

  • Air Force Global Strike Command gains three bomber bases

    Air Force Global Strike Command assumed responsibility for all long-range, nuclear-capable bombers Monday as its commander commemorated the occasion by visiting each unit, in three different states, on the same day."We're a new command, a command for the 21st Century," said Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz,

  • Air Force Global Strike Command officials assume B-52, B-2 mission

    Air Force Global Strike Command assumes responsibility for the U.S. Air Force's nuclear-capable bomber force today. This action completes the step-by-step transfer of all Air Force long-range, nuclear-capable assets to the Air Force's newest major command. The nation's intercontinental ballistic

  • The Wilhelmshaven bombings: A mission of valor

    On Jan. 27, 1943, 91 B-17 and B-24 bombers from 8th Air Force launched from England to conduct America's first World War II strike against the Nazi fatherland. During this historic attack, 58 bombers reached their targets and dropped 137.5 tons of munitions on the port of Wilhelmshaven to destroy