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  • B-52s in JBER: Downloading

    Airman 1st Class Timothy McDonald and Airman 1st Class Jordan Scotland, 69th Bomb Squadron aircraft armament systems technicians, prepare their equipment to unload a B-52H Stratofortress at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 11, 2023. The Airmen were sent to JBER to maintain the B-52s

  • B-52 Stratofortresses return to Indo-Pacific for BTF missions

    B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 5.This Bomber Task Force mission demonstrates the credibility of U.S. forces to address a global security environment that is more diverse

  • CADETS COLLABORATE IN B-52 BOMBER EJECTION SEAT REDESIGN

    Cadets participated in a ‘design sprint’ with academic faculty, private industry experts, B-52 crewmembers, the Global Strike Command’s StrikeWerx innovation cell, and representatives from the B-52 System Program Office out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

  • MacDill integrates training with Barksdale AFB B-52s

    Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing traveled to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Dec. 15-18, 2020, to conduct integrated training with Air Force Global Strike Command’s B-52 Stratofotress bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing.For both the 6th ARW and the 2nd BW, this integrated training is an

  • Bomber Task Force Deploys to Europe

    B-52 Stratofortresses from the 2nd Bomb Wing, here, departed tonight for a Bomber Task Force deployment to Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, England. While there, aircrews will conduct integration and interoperability training with European allies and partners in the region.

  • Love of flying: a rare reunion for pilot couple

    The Barksdale Defenders of Liberty Air and Space Show, brought together over 80,000 families and spectators from the Ark-La-Tex region May 18 and 19, 2019 to witness a full weekend of military and civilian aircraft performances and displays. For one Air Force family, a trip to the air show held more