Deployed B-1s join U.S. forces, JSDF for Exercise Keen Sword

B-1 bombers from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, joined U.S. forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force for Exercise Keen Sword 17, a joint and bilateral exercise held biennially off the coast of Japan. Keen Sword tests Japan-U.S. interoperability in a

Joint training exercise focuses on personnel recovery during Combat Raider

As Combat Raider continues, participants conducted personnel recovery training Nov. 16, 2016, just north of Belle Fourche, SD., in the Powder River Training Complex. The event started with a show-of-force by two B-1 Bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base guided by joint tactical controllers from the

EOD simulates expeditionary operations

Learning about the past, celebrating the future

Team Minot Airmen gathered to celebrate the 68th birthday anniversary of the 91st Missile Wing, Nov. 9, 2016. The 91st MW has had many different missions around the world, including the United States.

Rise from the ashes: Barksdale Airman recovers from house fire

Most people will never have to watch helplessly as roaring flames and black smoke reduce their home and possessions to a heap of ashes. When tragedy struck the family of Senior Airman Kitana Grable, 2nd Security Force Squadron installation access controller, her mother and three siblings were left

SecAF visits Whiteman

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited here Nov. 7 - 9, to engage with civic leaders and meet with the Airmen of the world’s only B-2 stealth bomber base.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits Minot

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Airmen at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2016. During the visit, Dunford toured various 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing's facilities to learn about their mission and capabilities.

Exercise Global Thunder 17 Concludes at Tinker

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Exercise Global Thunder 17, an annual command post and field training exercise, concluded Oct. 31 with elements of the 507th Air Refueling Wing taking part. U.S. Strategic Command, in coordination with U.S. and partner nation government agencies, conducted the

5 MUNS: Building BUFF firepower

Airmen from the 5th Munitions Squadron build GBU-38 bomb units at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 27, 2016. The 5th MUNS consists of 225 Airmen and is responsible for assembling, testing and inspecting conventional munitions for the 5th Bomb Wing’s B-52H Stratofortresses. (U.S. Air Force

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.