• 96th Bomb Squadron prepares for Global Strike Challenge

    The 96th Bomb Squadron just finished two intensive training exercises over the past two weeks. Training exercises are a common occurrence to ensure Airmen are trained and ready, but these exercises had an additional purpose as well; to select the best Airmen to compete in Air Force Global Strike

  • Barksdale OSI keeps community safe

    "This was a real threat--he was going to violently kill his wife, his newborn child and several others. But we stopped him and our actions literally saved peoples' lives. It just doesn't get much better than that."Not many Airmen get the opportunity to have such a conversation in their workplace,

  • Dinner and a show for Barksdale

    Children from the Barksdale community put on a Missoula Theatre production of "Pinocchio" Aug. 6 at Hoban Hall. The Missoula Children's Theatre is a company that travels throughout the United States and to 17 other countries, to help children perform a play in a week's time for their community.

  • Barksdale Commissary 'produces' the best

    Providing groceries to more than 8,500 military personnel, retirees and their families is no easy feat. With that responsibility and ensuring it's provided in a safe and secure shopping environment, the Barksdale Commissary team guarantees all produce is of the highest quality.The Defense Commissary

  • Upcoming 2d Bomb Wing maintenance competition for Global Strike Challenge

    Air Force Global Strike Command is set to bring the command's first ever Global Strike Challenge to include the 2d Bomb Wing and the mighty B-52 Stratofortress. Team Barksdale will begin the competition with the maintenance portion, which will display Barksdale's best crew chiefs, weapons loaders,

  • Barksdale celebrates National Night Out

    Under a 40 - by - 40 foot tent, more than 100 participants and volunteers came out for Barksdale's third annual National Night Out Aug. 3.National Night Out is a community-police awareness-raising event and 'America's Night Out Against Crime' which takes place on the first Tuesday of August.The 2d

  • 'Mighty Eighth' delivers global combat power

    Global Strike Command aircrews flew more than a dozen B-52 Stratofortress combat training missions recently with forces from 14 partner nations as part of the 2010 Rim of the Pacific exercise, commonly known as RIMPAC.B-52 Stratofortress aircrews and maintainers from the 20th Bomb Squadron here and

  • 20th Bomb Squadron Buccaneers compete for Global Strike Challenge

    Barksdale's 20th Bomb Squadron Buccaneers recently competed in the second annual Bucc Smoke competition Aug. 3-6 to determine the key players who will compete in the Air Force Global Strike Command Challenge in November.The competition allowed the aircrew to not only take part in extra training but