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Yancy Mailes, Command Historian, and Shawn Bohannon, Command Archivist, show off a chest containing “bomb com” cups awarded to various Strategic Air Command wings for their annual competition. Several of the cups are displayed in front of the chest. The new Global Strike Research Facility will house these artifacts as well as command archives for both SAC and AFGSC. Staff will have the ability to check out several of these lineage items for command events (Air Force Photo by Joe K. Thomas, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs). AFGSC history office unveils new facility
Air Force Global Strike’s Office of the Command Historian held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Global Strike Research Facility, May 18, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The new facility improves archival storage, research capabilities and other forms of support the history office provides to the command.
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2016
Gen. Robin Rand, AFGSC commander, speaks at an all call during his visit to Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., April 27, 2016. Rand touched on how important family and resiliency is to him, as well as the purpose of modernizing the Air Force’s aircraft fleet, including the upgrade of the B-1 bomber cockpit and weapons system officer stations. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hailey R. Staker) Global Strike commander visits Ellsworth
Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Calvin Williams, AFGSC command chief, visited here April 27-28, meeting with Airmen across the base and learning more about the installation's mission and recent successes.
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2016
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and a French air force Rafale fighter jet fly over France, April 20, 2016. The B-52 also conducted a flight over the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Marnes-la-Coquette, France, during a ceremony honoring the 268 Americans who joined the French air force before the U.S. officially entered World War I. (Courtesy photo) B-52 integrates, trains with French allies
A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted a long-range training sortie April 20, to train and integrate with the French air force.
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2016
Abilene city councilman Anthony Williams, Abilene Military Affairs Committee chairman Gray Bridwell, and Abilene mayor Norm Archibald present Col. David Benson, 7th Bomb Wing commander, and Gen. Robin Rand, AFGSC commander, with a proclamation declaring March 6-12 “Global Strike Week” March 9, 2016, at the Civic Center in Abilene, Texas. The declaration came as a tribute to Dyess Air Force Base being the chosen location for the Air Force Global Strike Command's Senior Leader Conference. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Quay Drawdy/Released) Dyess, Abilene host AFGSC senior leaders for Gathering of Strikers
Commanders, command chiefs, directors and staff from across Air Force Global Strike Command visited Dyess AFB and Abilene, Texas, March 8-11, for the Gathering of Strikers, the command's spring senior leader conference.
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2016
Twenty-five years after Operation Senior Surprise, aka “Secret Squirrel”, the aircrew members that kicked off Operation Desert Storm reunited on Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on Jan. 15, 2016. One of the B-52 Stratofortress bombers stationed at Barksdale is displaying the “Secret Squirrel” patch to commemorate the anniversary. This 35 hour mission was the first combat use of the Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM). (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released) “Secret Squirrel” crewmembers reunite 25 years later

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2016
Senior Airman Alexis Anderson, a 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, services oil on a B-1B Lancer during a post-flight inspection Jan. 11, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Inspections are done to every B-1 after a mission. Anderson is deployed with the 307th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Terrica Y. Jones) B-1B Lancer sets rotational records before leaving downrange
A B-1B Lancer that achieved rotational milestones is scheduled to leave Al Udeid Air Base soon for a six-month hiatus for aircraft modifications stateside. The B-1 has been under the operational support of the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,and has set records during the July-January rotation with military members from the 307th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
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2016
Staff Sgt. Michael Gwin, a 28th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, pets Sjors during a training session at the new indoor MWD training facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Dec. 30, 2015. The new building allows year-round training, regardless of weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James L. Miller) Ellsworth first CONUS base to run indoor K-9 facility
Ellsworth Air Force Base became the first Air Force base in the continental U.S. to have an indoor training facility for its four-legged defenders when it became operational last fall.
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2016
(U.S. Air Force file photo by Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson) Ensuring deterrence
Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted an extensive evaluation exercise Dec. 8 to determine the bomber force's ability to configure, load, fly and deliver an unarmed version of one of the Air Force’s long-range standoff weapons: the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile.
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2015
Default Air Force Logo Headquarters Nuclear post elevated to 3-stars, new leader assumes duties
The Air Force passed another important milestone Nov. 20 as Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein, the new deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration at the Pentagon, assumed his new duties.
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