Delivering uncompromising airpower; Barksdale’s B-52 experts

In order to present the Air Force with highly effective global airpower, Barksdale maintainers and air crews work to keep the B-52s mission ready.

Wise Guy back in the sky

A team of Reserve Citizen Airmen and active duty maintainers spent four months prepping Wise Guy, a B-52 Stratofortress for flight. The bomber had been at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group since 2008.

5 MUNS: Building BUFF firepower

Airmen from the 5th Munitions Squadron build GBU-38 bomb units at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 27, 2016. The 5th MUNS consists of 225 Airmen and is responsible for assembling, testing and inspecting conventional munitions for the 5th Bomb Wing’s B-52H Stratofortresses. (U.S. Air Force

B-52 Rocks WE Fest