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Airmen board a passenger aircraft at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 22, 2016, in support of U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 17. USSTRATCOM’s fundamental mission is to deter strategic attack, which is an existential threat to the U.S. and its allies. Testing readiness ensures the preservation a safe, secure, effective and ready strategic deterrent force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Curt Beach)
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A passenger aircraft takes off from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 22, 2016, in support of U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 17. Global Thunder 17 is an invaluable training opportunity to exercise all USSTRATCOM mission areas and create the conditions for strategic deterrence against a variety of threats. Exercises like Global Thunder 17 involve extensive planning and coordination to provide unique training opportunities for assigned units and forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Curt Beach)
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A B-52 Stratofortress takes flight from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 22, 2016, in support of exercise Global Thunder 17. Global Thunder 17 is an annual U.S. Strategic Command-sponsored command post and field training exercise designed to provide training opportunities and to test and validate command, control and operational procedures. AFGSC supports U.S. Strategic Command's global strike and nuclear deterrence missions by providing strategic assets, including bombers like the B-52 and B-2, to ensure a safe, secure, effective and ready deterrent force. Global Thunder is an annual USSTRATCOM training event that assesses command and control functionality in all USSTRATCOM mission areas and affords component commands a venue to evaluate their joint operational readiness. Planning for Global Thunder 17 has been underway for more than a year and is based on a notional, classified scenario with fictitious adversaries. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan which include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; missile defense; combating weapons of mass destruction; and analysis and targeting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Curt Beach)
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Airmen prepare to depart Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 22, 2016, in support of U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 17. Exercise Global Thunder is USSTRATCOM’s annual field training and battle staff exercise to train Department of Defense forces and assess joint operational readiness. Global Thunder 17 provided training opportunities to and exercise scenarios for all USSTRATCOM mission areas, with a specific focus on nuclear readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Curt Beach)
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U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander (right), provides remarks during an award ceremony honoring the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 21, 2016. During the ceremony, Haney and Mr. W. Gary Gates (not pictured), Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member, presented the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic bomber category, to U.S. Air Force Col. Kristin Goodwin, 2nd Bomb Wing commander (not pictured), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone, 2nd Bomb Wing command chief master sergeant (not pictured), in recognition of the wing's contributions to USSTRATCOM's global strategic missions. The Omaha Trophy, which dates back to the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command, was originally created by the SCC in 1971. At the time, a single trophy was presented annually as a token of appreciation to USSTRATCOM's best wing. Since then, the tradition has evolved to unit-level awards that recognize the command's premier intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wing, ballistic missile submarine, strategic bomber wing and global operations (space/cyberspace) unit. This year, a new category was added to include the combatant command's top strategic aircraft wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton) Story Available: https://www.stratcom.mil/news/2016/595/-/
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U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander (center right), speaks to Airmen assigned to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during his visit there, March 21, 2016. While there, Haney and Mr. W. Gary Gates (not pictured), Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member, presented the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic bomber category, to U.S. Air Force Col. Kristin Goodwin, 2nd Bomb Wing commander (not pictured), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone, 2nd Bomb Wing command chief master sergeant (not pictured), in recognition of the wing's contributions to USSTRATCOM's global strategic missions. The Omaha Trophy, which dates back to the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command, was originally created by the SCC in 1971. At the time, a single trophy was presented annually as a token of appreciation to USSTRATCOM's best wing. Since then, the tradition has evolved to unit-level awards that recognize the command's premier intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wing, ballistic missile submarine, strategic bomber wing and global operation(space/cyberspace) unit. This year, a new category was added to include the combatant command's top strategic aircraft wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Raughton) Story Available: https://www.stratcom.mil/news/2016/595/-/
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