June 20, 2024 2nd Bomb Wing’s Bayou Warrior Exercise Tests Combat Readiness The 2nd Bomb Wing conducted Exercise Bayou Warrior from June 10-13, 2024, to evaluate its ability to execute conventional missions.
June 6, 2024 Bomber crew earns AFGSC General Curtis E. LeMay award A B-52H Stratofortress bomber crew recently earned the Air Force Global Strike Command General Curtis E. LeMay award for the outstanding bomber crew category during the 2023 AFGSC Operations Awards.
May 2, 2024 Next Generation Aircrew Protection Team completes vapor purge testing on B-52 The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team finished vapor purge testing on the B-52H Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on April 18, 2024.
April 17, 2024 Continuing a New START: AFGSC hosts internal workshop on US arms control treaty Air Force Global Strike Command hosted a workshop here for 90 attendees across the Department of the Air Force from April 2-4 regarding the Command’s implementation of the New START Treaty.
April 17, 2024 B-52s land at civilian airfield during exercise Bayou Vigilance A pair of B-52H Stratofortresses from the 20th Bomb Squadron tested their capabilities by landing at a civilian airfield as part of exercise Bayou Vigilance on April 12, 2024.
April 15, 2024 Political activity Dos and Don’ts for Airmen, Guardians, DoD employees We can expect many opportunities for citizens to participate in the democratic process but with this in mind, it is important to be aware of specific guidelines that apply to service members and federal employees on acceptable behavior.
April 15, 2024 Barksdale Conducts Exercise Bayou Vigilance 2024 Airmen from the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings trained together while evaluating response and combat operation skills during exercise Bayou Vigilance April 3-12, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
April 5, 2024 B-52 Bombers complete BTF deployment to Diego Garcia A Bomber Task Force deployment of two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses, Airmen and support equipment from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, concluded at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, April 3.
March 30, 2024 Maintenance Crews show Multi-Capable BTF Strategy in Indo-Pacific B-52 Stratofortresses maintenance Airmen support the first Bomber Task Force deployment to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and first B-52 presence since 2020.