• Big wheels keep bombers rollin

    The 2nd Maintenance Squadron maintainers play a vital role in ensuring the B-52H Stratofortress bomber continues accomplish the mission. From wing tip to wing tip, nose to tail, maintainers fix every part of the aircraft. However, the best maintainers in the world couldn't prepare a B-52 to launch

  • Air Force leaders issue Independence Day message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy send the following Independence Day message to the men and women of the U.S. Air Force:This Fourth of July marks the 236th year since the Second Continental

  • QA EET members valuable assets

    More than 20 Exercise Evaluation Team members from the 2nd Maintenance Group quality assurance section participated in a Nuclear Surety Exercise here from June 25 through 29.An NSE is an exercise the 2nd Bomb Wing uses to ensure Airmen performing their duties can safely handle, control and protect

  • Teaching maintenance

    An Air Education and Training Command detachment here single-handedly helps to keep the aging B-52H Stratofortress fleet mission-ready and able to defend the nation.The 372nd Training Squadron Field Training Detachment 5, based out of the 982nd Training Group at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas,

  • Firefighters stay mission ready

    Firefighters from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron were evaluated during a Nuclear Surety Exercise on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 26 to ensure proper use of firefighting techniques, and the safety and protection of the equipment on B-52H Stratofortress aircraft.The NSE was held to evaluate

  • NSE tests Defenders

    Members of the 2nd Security Forces Squadron played a vital role in a training scenario on the flightline here June 26. The scenario, part of a Nuclear Surety Exercise, tested the team's ability to defend and recover a B-52H Stratofortress loaded with strategic weapons against a terrorist attack and