• Sexual Assault Theater: not your normal awareness training

    Barksdale Airmen began a new program on sexual assault awareness and prevention featuring real life scenarios with live performances by the Sexual Assault Theater Group.According to a national study by the Department of Justice every 108 seconds a rape or sexual assault is committed. The SATG is

  • Team Barksdale congratulates newest Senior Master Sgt. selects

    There were 30 members of Team Barksdale selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant March 5.The Air Force selected 1,257 of 14,362 eligible master sergeants at a rate of 8.75 percent.Air Force selectees' average time in grade was 4.34 years and time in service was 18.79 years.

  • 20th, 96th Bomb Squadrons team-up to participate in Virtual Flag exercise

    In an effort to sharpen their combat skills, aircrew from the 20th and 96th Bomb Squadrons participated together in Virtual Flag 15-1 here, Feb. 18 to 26.Virtual Flag is a real-time tactical-to-operational level exercise using air, land, space, cyber and maritime distributed scenarios operated by

  • Mighty Deuce celebrates excellence during annual awards ceremony

    Members of 2nd Bomb Wing gathered to celebrate its cream of the crop at an annual awards ceremony at Sam's Town Hotel and Casino, Friday, Feb. 27.More than 300 people were in attendance, including 42 nominees. Nominees and their guests attended a private ceremony earlier in the evening where they

  • Luncheon honors “Greatest Generation”

    The annual World War II luncheon honored veterans at Hoban Hall here, Feb. 27.The luncheon was hosted by the 2nd Bomb Wing and the Retiree Activities Office to pay respect to veterans of World War II. Around 500 veterans, family members and guests attended the annual event, where more than 140

  • Barksdale's best maintainers recognized for service in 2014

    The 2014 Maintenance Professional of the Year awards ceremony was held at the Weapons Load Training facility Feb. 20.The ceremony, held annually for more than 10 years, recognizes the 2nd Bomb Wing's top performers in the maintenance career fields across the base."This is a good way to recognize

  • Winter weather strikes, these Airmen step up

    Snow, sleet, and freezing rain wasn't enough to slow down hundreds of mission-essential Airmen across the base last week who braved adverse weather conditions to keep the mission moving forward.The difficult weather began with a freezing rain in the early hours of Feb. 23, and continued through Feb.