SEAC visits Barksdale

The 'Getting Back Up' Tour

American300 returned to Whiteman AFB, Mo. May 11 for the third time after bringing Team Whiteman the resilient stories of Tom Whittaker, Dan Beery and Sean Colgan. This time, accompanying American300 founder Robi Powers on the Air Force Global Strike Command "Never Quit" series was Erin Simmons

'Operation Spirit' deploys Whiteman youth

With an 8 a.m. recall, more than 90 members of Team Whiteman reported to the deployment center April 21 to prepare for their mock deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. The participants were not the normal "deploying" military member; instead they were school children that ranged from K-12."Operation

Sexual Assault Response Awareness: interest v. commitment

"Can you paint a picture?" It seems like an innocent enough question, one posed by Craig Zablocki, a guest speaker for a Barksdale Sexual Assault Awareness Month event, April 17, 2012. What does painting a picture and the Air Force's training focus on bystander intervention have in common?

Global Strike Command leader previews B-52 upgrades

During a recent visit to Edwards AFB, Calif., the Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Lt. Gen. Jim Kowalski, spent time with the B-52 Combined Test Force to preview the combat capability enhancements made to the B-52H.Modernizing and sustaining the nation's long range strike aviation

Year of the B-52: B-52s help bring N. Vietnam to negotiation table in Operation Linebacker

On the tiny island of Guam, life on "the rock" was harsh; on May 8, 1972, President Nixon moved 200 B-52 Stratofortresses to the island in an effort to pressure North Vietnam into negotiations for peace. Almost overnight, the population of Andersen Air Force Base swelled to 12,500 as tent cities

Newest Common Access Cards go into effect at Barksdale

With the number of electronic security threats reaching an all-time high, the U.S. military has taken its own measures to enhance physical access to facilities and ensure networks are not compromised. Since 2001, the U.S. Air Force has been using the white Common Access Card, which replaced the

Military spouse finds home away from home, family outside of family

Members of our armed forces deploy for months at a time, putting themselves in harm's way far away from their families. Airmen, often along with their families, are given orders to a new place every few years because the Air Force needs their talents elsewhere. But what happens to the people they

Team Minot tops list in rowing challenge

Team Minot Airmen earned $50,000 in quality of life funds from Air Force Global Strike Command after placing first in the base category for most meters rowed during the command's Rowing Challenge. Minot logged the longest distance among the command's bases, rowing a total of 5,521,161 meters.The

AFGSC 'Never Quit' Rowing Challenge final results

Airmen at the five bases comprising Air Force Global Strike Command took on a challenge April 5 to collectively row enough miles to travel from Washington D.C. to London, to increase camaraderie and resiliency throughout the ranks."The Airmen in this command not only embraced that challenge," said