2012 Global Strike Challenge
Maj. Gavin Berne, 53rd Test Management Group Detachment 1 commander, accepts the Linebacker Trophy on behalf of the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron for Best B-52 Squadron from Maj. Gen. Stephen Wilson, 8th Air Force commander, during the 2012 Air Force Global Strike Challenge score posting at Hoban Hall on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 7. Continuing the tradition established in 1974, the Linebacker Trophy is named in honor of those crews who participated in the Linebacker missions over North Vietnam between May and December 1972. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)