• Exercise Global Thunder 17 concludes

    Global Thunder 17 is an annual U.S. Strategic Command-sponsored command post and field training exercise designed to provide training opportunities and to test and validate command, control and operational procedures. AFGSC supports U.S. Strategic Command's global strike and nuclear deterrence

  • Firefighters stop the burn

    Master Sgt. Zachary McKinney, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron assistant fire chief of training, communicates with the Airmen working in the control tower during an aircraft live fire burn at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 26, 2016. McKinney was the instructor while the crews went out to combat the

  • Football season kicks off at Barksdale

    Jerod Weddle, 2nd Maintenance Squadron football team quarterback, airs it out for the endzone at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 25, 2016. The 2nd MXS beat 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron 33-0. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

  • 77th, 340th Weapons Schools integrate combat skillsets

    From 28,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, B-52 Stratofortress pilots Capt. Lance Adsit and Lt. Col. Erik Johnson look out their cockpit window to see a fellow bomber aircraft soaring through the clouds to their right; two B-1 Lancers share the airspace far to the south.

  • Guns a Blazing at the range

    Staff Sgt. Joshua Begley, 2nd Security Forces Squadron Alpha Flight Chief, reaches for ammunition to load his M9 Berretta at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 17, 2016. The M9 uses 9 mm ammunition and has an effective range of 50 meters. (carry both every day on patrol) (U.S. Air Force

  • Some like it hot: Airmen compete in fire muster

    Teams of Airmen participated in the hotel pack, sled drag, Keiser Sled, dummy drag and hose pull challenges. The obstacles allowed competitors to experience different on-the-job skills firefighters require.

  • Keeping Airmen fit to fight

    The Air Force uses an overall composite fitness score and minimum scores per component based on aerobic fitness, body composition and muscular fitness components to determine an overall fitness score.

  • Barksdale becomes safe haven for evacuated Airmen, aircraft

    Torrential rain can create floods strong enough to collapse buildings and sweep away entire cities with winds strong enough to pick up debris and turn it into deadly missiles. This is the destructive power of a hurricane.Barksdale Air Force Base acted as a safe haven from severe weather associated