The 2nd Bomb Wing conducts the primary mission of Barksdale

Air Force Base, La., with three squadrons of B-52H Stratofortress bombers - the 11th Bomb Squadron, which is the training

squadron, the 20th Bomb Squadron and the 96th Bomb Squadron.

Together they ensure the 2nd Bomb Wing provides flexible, responsive, global combat capability, autonomously or in concert with other forces, and trains all

Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Force Reserve B-52 crews.

The Deuce provides our nation with strategic deterrence capabilities and devastating global combat air power-- anytime, anywhere.

“Doc” the B-29 Superfortress bomber takes off June 14, 2019, at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Springfield, Mo.
A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft “That’s All, Brother” flies over France in support of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, June 4, 2024. “
The B-25 known as “Show Me” performs a flyby of the crowd with bomb bay doors open during the Sioux Falls Airshow at Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 30, 2023.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman William Farrell, 2nd Bomb Wing Safety Office safety apprentice, conducts a walk through safety inspection of the aircraft metals technology shop at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9, 2024.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. William Huff, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology noncommissioned officer in charge, goes through his shop’s safety programs with Senior Airman William Farrell, 2nd Bomb Wing Safety Office safety apprentice at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9, 2024.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donovan Evans, 2nd Bomb Wing Safety installation safety noncommissioned officer in charge, walks through the aircraft metals technology shop with Airman 1st Class Chistopher Brewer, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9, 2024.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donovan Evans, 2nd Bomb Wing Safety installation safety noncommissioned officer in charge, walks through the aircraft metals technology shop with Airman 1st Class Chistopher Brewer, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9, 2024.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman William Farrell, 2nd Bomb Wing Safety Office safety apprentice, reviews the 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight metals technology shop job safety training binder at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9,  2024.
Sitting in a chair wearing headphones and an optional headset, you are guided through an immersive experience to help increase cognitive skills.
A Red Bull Air Force helicopter performs an aerial maneuver during the Charleston Airshow at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2024.
Aircrews from the 77th Air Refueling Squadron out of the 916th Air Refueling Wing flies two KC-135 Stratotankers to rendezvous with a KC-46A Pegasus from the 22 ARW operating out of Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Aug. 4, 2019.

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