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  • Whiteman maintainers ensure global strike capability in PACOM theater

    Crew chiefs from the 393rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to tow a B-2 Spirit while deployed to an undisclosed location in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations March 11, 2016. Bomber training missions and deployments ensure crews maintain a high state of readiness and proficiency and

  • B-52 Stratofortress joins coalition team

    U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 9, in support of theater requirements and Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the threat they pose to Iraq,

  • Air Force to restructure nuclear and missile operations (13N) career field

    The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command in concert with Headquarters Air Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Directorate has directed a review of the 13N career field.The goal is to create a self-sustaining career field that places a premium on experience and expertise at the

  • Experts and Leaders: AFGSC A9 and the business of professional development

    Air Force Global Strike Command’s Innovation, Analyses and Leadership Development (otherwise known as A9) shoulders the responsibility of keeping AFGSC on the leading edge of deterrence by honing and sharpening the skills of “Strikers” who provide assurance and deterrence for the nation and its

  • AFGSC hosts symposium to reinvigorate discussion, enterprise

    AFGSC hosted its inaugural Nuclear Deterrence Symposium Thursday, March 24 at the BUFF Event Center at Barksdale AFB. Strikers had the opportunity to learn from a panel of four retired general officers whose careers touched the nuclear enterprise at some point in its 70-year history.

  • SFG Airman selected for new commissioning program

    Before he enlisted in the military March 25, 2014, or graduated high school in June of 2013, Senior Airmen Jason Cathey, 90th Security Forces Group administration executive, was set on being an Airman in the U.S. Air Force.  “I was set on becoming a chief,” Cathey said. “I wasn’t really thinking

  • Keeping her lethal: Airmen maintain the B-52’s combat capabilities

    The aircrew prepares to deliver the payload. They communicate one last time with their liaison on the ground and confirm their coordinates. An aircrew member places the enemy in his sights and releases the payload. It’s dropped directly on target and away from allies and civilians. The aircrew is

  • Update: Airman receives clemency on conviction

    On March 21, 2016, Maj. Gen. Richard Clark, 8th Air Force commander, dismissed one of two charges associated with the November 14, 2015 court-martial conviction of Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, an Air Force combat photographer.A conviction for maltreatment of subordinates remains, but Clark, the court's