A Tradition of Honor

The folding of the American flag is a tradition that has been practiced throughout the years. Grieving families receive a folded flag once a loved one, who has served, is buried or an active-duty member receives it once he or she retires.Both of these, plus many other, ceremonies are performed by

Barksdale B-52s participate in U.S. Central Command exercise

Two B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La., returned May 18, 2015, from a 30-plus hour, 14,000 mile nonstop mission to the U.S. Central Command area of operations to participate alongside Jordanian and other multinational forces in Exercise Eager Lion

Fly, bite and win

Malmstrom experiences security forces life during police week

The week of May 11 marks National Police Week this year, a celebration of the accomplishments and a time to remember the sacrifices made by peace keepers across the country.Malmstrom Air Force Base celebrated the week with a day of security forces demonstrations. Multiple agencies within the group

AFIMSC activates detachment at AFGSC

The seventh of 10 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center detachments was activated in a ceremony May 13 here.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the ceremony, as Col. Jeffrey Ullmann assumed command of Detachment 10, charged with serving as the consolidated

Exercise tests command's deterrent capabilities

Air Force Global Strike Command bomb wings participated in a major exercise this month, demonstrating the command's flexibility and global reach while testing its tactics, techniques, and procedures.Airmen from Headquarters, Eighth Air Force and the 2d Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base,

LCC gets deep clean

A missile alert facility recently underwent a launch control center "deep clean" as part of an effort to improve quality of life for missileers dispatched to the missile field.MAF "M" is the most recent to receive a LCC cleaning. Using a contracted service, the LCC is temporarily shut down so a more

Dyess B-1s integrate with Barksdale B-52s for stand-off weapons training week

On April 23, 2015, the 77th Weapons Squadron hosted two B-52H Stratoforstresses from the 340th WPS as part of the United States Air Force Weapons School's bomber integration and stand-off weapons training week.During the training weapons school, students were given the opportunity to integrate the

Nuclear leaders share current, future state of deterrence

Top leaders from U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Global Strike Command and U.S. Submarine Forces shared the state of current and future nuclear deterrence forces May 5, during the Strategic Deterrent Coalition's symposium at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri."Strategic

AFGSC maintainers win 2014 AF-level maintenance award

The men and women of Air Force Global Strike Command's logistics, installation and mission support directorate recently earned the 2015 Gen Wilbur L. Creech Maintenance Excellence Award, given to the major command demonstrating the most improved performance in the category of aircraft maintenance