Mighty Deuce named best strategic bomber wing

U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander (right), is greeted by U.S. Air Force Col. Kristin Goodwin, 2nd Bomb Wing commander (center), and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone, 2nd Bomb Wing command chief master sergeant, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 21, 2016. While there, Haney and Mr. W. Gary Gates, Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member (not pictured), presented the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic bomber category, to Goodwin and Mazzone in recognition of the 2nd Bomb 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 Staff Sgt. Joseph A. Pagan Jr.)

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