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Mighty Deuce

The model B-52H Stratofortress is a 20-ft long, one-eighth scale replica of the Lucky Lady IV located at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The model's real-world counterpart with whom it shares its namesake, holds a record-setting flight around the world in 47.2 hours. The model was donated to Barksdale on Aug. 18, 2004, by The Boeing Company and bears the name of Maj. Gen. William E. Eubank Jr., the first man to command a B-52 unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)(RELEASED)

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F-15s Participate in Exercies Green Flag East

An Airman assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, closes the canopy of an F-15E Strike Eagle on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 25. More than 200 Personnel traveled here to participate in Green Flag East. The two-week training exercise helps Airmen from different career fields to prepare for deployments in combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)(RELEASED)

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Vicksburg tour

VICKSBURG, Miss. - Bruce Stewart, Barksdale Air Force Base historian, speaks to a group of chief master sergeants and chief selects about the cannon soldiers used during the Civil War in Vicksburg, Miss., Jan 26. The Air Force Global Strike Command welcomed its new chiefs by sending them on a tour of Vicksburg. During the tour, Stewart explained to the chiefs and chief selects how senior NCOs motivated their men back in the Civil War era. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)

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Security Forces and EOD participates in CORE

Airman 1st Class Kyle Miller, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal apprentice ties a rope around a simulated unexploded ordnance to remotely pull the device during a Conventional Operational Readiness Exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 24. The unit's main mission is to detect, identify, recover and dispose of conventional, incendiary, chemical, biological and nuclear ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)(RELEASED)

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Best of the best

Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, Eighth Air Force commander, presents the Linebacker Trophy for Best B-52 Operations Squadron to the 2nd Operations Support Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 16 at the first night of the score posting of the Global Strike Challenge. Continuing the tradition established in 1974, the Linebacker Trophy is named in honor of those crews who participated in the Linebacker missions over North Vietnam between May and December 1972. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Best of the best

Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Acheson, Air Force Global Strike Command, enlisted force development program manager, places numbers on the scoreboard while Senior Master Sgt. Robert Hoyt, AFSGC superintendent of total force integration, stands below during the first score postings at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 16. The GSC is AFGSC's first, command-wide competition involving approximately 400 participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Best of the best

Master Sgt. David Bedner, Air Force Global Strike Command, commander's knowledge operations, places the name of the best M240 machine gun marksman on the scoreboard during the first day of the score postings at Hoban Hall at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 16. The GSC is AFGSC's first, command-wide competition involving approximately 400 participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Best of the best

Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, and Mrs. Angelle Tibbets, granddaughter-in-law of then-Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., first commander of the 509th Composite Group, unveil the Tibbets Trophy for Best B-2 Operations Squadron at the score posting Nov. 16 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The 13th Bomb Squadron from Whiteman Air Force Base, M.O. was awarded this trophy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Best of the best

Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, speaks during the score event held at Hoban Hall at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 16. The Global Strike Challenge is AFGSC's first, command-wide competition involving approximately 400 participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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Best of the best

Members from the 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., shout their team chant during the score postings at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 16. During score posting events, teams displayed team spirit and mission heritage by donning competitive gear that represents their unit traditions as well as incorporating team mascots into activities. The 91 MW and the 5th Bomb Wing won the Spirit Award for teamwork and esprit de corps, as well as taking home the trophy for best Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force satelite communication. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)

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