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  • 50 Years Later: Remembering Operation Linebacker II

    December 18th commemorated the 50th anniversary of the start of the largest operation of heavy bomber strikes launched by the United States Air Force since World War II. Operation Linebacker II was intended to bring an end to the US’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The ceremony at Barksdale Air

  • Veterans, Airmen celebrate 75 years of 8 AF heritage

    On the morning of April 26, some of the very souls who survived numerous life-threatening operations to tell their stories, and made Eighth Air Force what it is today, met current Eighth Air Force Airmen at the Barksdale Global Power Museum Airpark.