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  • 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

  • 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