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Aug. 21, 2023
B-52 pilot, 1st. Lt. Tara DeGeorge to compete in Ironman World Championship

1st Lt. Tara DeGeorge, a B-52H Stratofortress pilot from the 96th Bomb Squadron, received an invitation to compete in the 2023 Ironman World Championship in Finland.
Feb. 1, 2023
UH-1N pilot one of two Airmen selected for U.S. Naval Test Pilot School

Seven years into his military career, Capt. David Horney has become one of two Air Force pilots selected this year for the prestigious U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
Jan. 20, 2022
Tuskegee Airman, Air Force legend passes away at 102

Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman and Air Force legend, passed away at his residence in Bethesda, Md., Jan. 16, 2022. He was 102 years old.
Oct. 29, 2021
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.
Aug. 9, 2021
Wingtip-to-wingtip: Join spouse pilot couple sticks together through career, life and flight

Their last flight at Whiteman Air Force Base was supposed to be special.U.S. Air Force Captains Lacey and Stephen Orians planned on commemorating their departure and final scheduled training missions, their so-called fini-flights, at the same time. Together, they looked forward to symbolically
April 29, 2021
412th TW integrates with 2nd BW

United States Air Force Test Pilot School students from the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, visited Barksdale to study the B-52H Stratofortress.The USAF TPS is where the Air Force's top pilots, navigators and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data
July 9, 2020
A legacy of wings

Alone, with a few weeks’ worth of clothes and food packed into his 1991 Nissan Maxima, 16-year-old Nathan Cooper made the two-day drive from Nevada to Montana to enroll in flying lessons out of the local airport on the weekends. At the time, learning to fly was a passion he grew up with, but it
Feb. 10, 2017
Warbirds soar above the clouds

A B-52H Stratofortress soars above the clouds of North Dakota airspace, Jan. 31, 2017. During the mission, the crew ran simulated close air support scenarios, preparing them to support Operation Inherent Resolve with B-52 firepower. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)

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