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Barksdale Global Power Museum Upgrade

“Museums aren't just about the distant past,” Dan Phoenix, Command Curator & Senior Historian, AFGSC Office of History and Museums, said. “The first new interior exhibits at the Barksdale Global Power Museum will be focused on 21st century operations, and will be flexible, to keep up with changing missions.” This image shows an artist’s rendering of what the entrance of the Barksdale Global Power Museum will look like some time in the future. (courtesy image)
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AFGSC history office unveils new facility

Yancy Mailes, Command Historian, shows off a chest containing “bomb com” cups awarded to various Strategic Air Command wings for their annual competition. Several of the cups are displayed in front of the chest. The new Global Strike Research Facility will house these artifacts as well as command archives for both SAC and AFGSC. Staff will have the ability to check out several of these lineage items for command events (Air Force Photo by TSgt. Ave Young, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs).
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Warren Ward

Warren Ward, deputy chief of programming division, Air Force Global Strike Command, stands next to the nose art on "Grim Reaper II," the B-52G he flew January 16, 1991, during Operation "Secret Squirrel." The aircraft was one of the seven strike aircraft used during the top secret mission. The original nose art was cut off and preserved, and is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Courtesy photo)
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Warren Ward

Warren Ward, second to left, served as a B-52G co-pilot on a top secret mission nicknamed "Secret Squirrel," the first bombing mission of Operation Desert Storm. The operation marked the first use of conventional air-launched cruise missiles in combat. The crew returned to Barksdale in a single sortie and with a few day's rest, Ward was called back to duty and continued flying the B-52 throughout Operation Desert Storm. Today, Air Force Global Strike Command air crews remain ready to execute the mission on a moment's notice just as they were ready 25 years before. The B-52, along with the B-2 and ICBM forces, remains an important part of the nuclear triad. (Courtesy photo)
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