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  • Glory Trip 220: an aircrew’s perspective

    A joint team comprised of U.S. Air Force missileers and U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury aircrew successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile above the Pacific Ocean April 26, 2017.

  • 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.

  • Year of the Family: HQ 8 AF recognizes 2016 Annual Awards winners

    Senior leadership and “Mighty Eighth” Airmen, along with their family members, gathered at the Barksdale Air Force Base Club today to recognize the Headquarters Eighth Air Force 2016 Annual Award winners for their accomplishments throughout the year.

  • Dog tags make final journey home to WWII veteran

    A gathering of friends, family and Mighty Eighth Airmen made way as the guest of honor slowly approached the front of the stage. Raymond Odom, a 93-year-old World War II veteran, sat patiently in a large chair on stage as he waited for the unveiling of a memento he lost while serving in the U.S.

  • Combat Raider keeps joint-force proficient, ready for battle

    A young pilot dangles dangerously far from the grassy South Dakota tundra, held on by nothing more than a strap, a cable and a medic from the South Dakota National Guard.   As the Soldier and Airmen are hoisted up toward the HH-60 Pave Hawk medical helicopter, fake blood runs down the captain’s

  • The force behind the bombers of Global Thunder 17

    The 608th Strategic Operations Squadron and Task Force 204 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., provide the behind-the-scenes connectivity that support the nuclear bomber and reconnaissance generations for exercise Global Thunder 17.

  • General Clark talks bomber leg of triad with CBS 60 Minutes

    A film crew for the CBS show 60 Minutes sets the stage for an interview with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard M. Clark, Eighth Air Force commander, at the B-52 weapons load trainer on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 8, 2016. Clark highlighted B-52 capabilities, including air launch cruise

  • Eighth Air Force hosts German commander

    From left, German air force Lt. Gen. Joachim Wundrak, commander of German Air Operations Command, receives a tail flash memento from U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard M. Clark, Eighth Air Force commander, Aug. 19, 2016. During Wundrak's visit to Barksdale AFB, La., he received a tour of a B-52