• Fab Flight Series: Structural Maintenance Flight keep B-52s mission ready

    Keeping the B-52H Stratofortress in flight is no easy task. Airmen are continuously fixing and painting parts on the 60-year-old aircraft to keep it mission ready. The Airmen of the 2nd Maintenance Squadron structural maintenance flight here have a critical role in the appearance and maintenance of

  • B-52 simulator ready at all times

    The B-52 simulator plays an important role in the mission at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., by allowing aircrew to experience the real-life realm of flying the B-52 during training.The simulator provides aircrew members with a unique training advantage which gives them the opportunity to participate

  • Parts in, parts out

    A single 2nd Logistic Readiness Squadron unit maintains an around-the-clock vigilance of more than $48 million in parts for the B-52H Stratofortress.Airmen at the 2 LRS Aircraft Parts Store manage more than 700 items that are used for the B-52H and other aircraft."No parts means no flying," said

  • Barksdale Air Force Base hosts LA GEAR UP

    Team Barksdale members partnered with students and instructors from the local community to host an aviation camp meant to prepare students for life after graduation.The 2012 Louisiana Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program is designed to give high school students who show an

  • 2 BW hosts delegates, fosters international partnership

    The 2nd Bomb Wing hosted a delegation of Russian Airmen July 11-12 during a site visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La.The delegation visited the base as part of a bomber exchange program between the United States and Russia.As part of the visit, the Russian Airmen received an up-close view of the