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  • AC3, the ultimate competition

    The 341st Security Forces Group hosted the 5th Annual Ace’s Cop Combat Challenge Aug. 19, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. The Ace’s Cop Combat Challenge is an opportunity for defenders to prove themselves by demonstrating their strengths, job-skill knowledge and motivation.

  • PRESS RELEASE: B-52 deploys to Europe

    One B-52 Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, Barksdale, La., departed today to participate in the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) at Sliač Air Base, Slovakia from August 27 – 28, 2016. During this event, the B-52 Stratofortress will participate as a static

  • Eighth Air Force hosts German commander

    German air force Lt. Gen. Joachim Wundrak, commander of German Air Operations Command, visits Barksdale AFB, La., where he received a tour of a B-52 Stratofortress, the 608th Air Operations Center and B-52 weapons systems and load trainers.

  • Barksdale Airman saves local man’s life, awarded medal for valor

    After a long day of work, most people have a set routine they follow that takes them from the doors of their workplace to the front steps of their home without much incident. For Kimberly Farmer, 2nd Medical Support Squadron laboratory technician, her end-of-the-day routine was about to collide with

  • SERE search and rescue training

    Team Minot Airmen participated in survival, evasion, resistance and escape training in Garrison, N.D., Aug. 11, 2016. The all-day training focused on search and rescue situations for aircrew members. Exercises included vectoring a rescue helicopter, hoists, land navigation and communication with

  • Eighth Air Force bomber presence felt in Indo-Asia Pacific

    The Indo-Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to U.S. bombers. For more than a decade, the U.S. military has maintained a deployed strategic bomber presence in the Pacific, focused on enabling regional security and stability. To sustain that presence, Eighth Air Force, historically known as “the