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July 9, 2020
A legacy of wings

Alone, with a few weeks’ worth of clothes and food packed into his 1991 Nissan Maxima, 16-year-old Nathan Cooper made the two-day drive from Nevada to Montana to enroll in flying lessons out of the local airport on the weekends. At the time, learning to fly was a passion he grew up with, but it
July 8, 2020
Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton takes command of 20th Air Force

Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton took command of 20th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Ferdinand “Fred” B. Stoss at a change of command ceremony at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, July 8, 2020.Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, deputy commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, presided over the ceremony, in front
July 8, 2020
STRIKEWERX Spark Sprint competition opens, drives new ideas for Airmen

Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen have a new means to influence change at the wing, major command, and Air Force level through the STRIKEWERX Spark Sprint.Also known as S3, the STRIKEWERX Spark Sprint is AFGSC’s competition to identify the best ideas from across the organization that will go on
July 5, 2020
A B-52 exercises Dynamic Force Employment with Joint partners in Indo-Pacific

One B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, took off from home station and participated in a maritime integration exercise with the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups in the South China Sea before landing at
July 2, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Brian L. Lewis Named 19th Security Forces Career Field Manager

Chief Master Sgt. Brian L. Lewis has been selected to become the 19th Security Forces Career Field Manager, becoming the top enlisted advisor to the Air Force Director of Security Forces. In this role, Lewis will advise on security forces policy, organizing, training, equipping, and maintaining
June 30, 2020
2nd BW opens River’s Edge Welcome Center

The 2nd Bomb Wing opened a new welcome center for all incoming Barksdale Airmen and their families June 29, 2020.
June 30, 2020
AFGSC hosts first virtual Squadron Commanders and Spouses Course

Air Force Global Strike Command held its Squadron Commanders and Spouses Course virtually for the first time June 22-26, educating newly assigned commanders on AFGSC leadership philosophies and command policies in a digital setting.In line with travel restrictions and physical distancing measures
June 30, 2020
Keeping safe in and around the water during a pandemic

With many local pools closed due to the pandemic we find ourselves itching for the chance to get out and enjoy the water this summer.
June 29, 2020
Volunteering: Making it your own

A drunken tragedy is possibly averted because a safe ride home is only a phone call away, a neglected dog is given a second chance in a new home and a struggling family won't have to go to bed hungry tonight; but what do these moments all have in common?The commonality between them is that some
June 26, 2020
Bombers project power from the Last Frontier, once again

He who holds Alaska holds the world. U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be

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