BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Senior Airman Jason Lilly, 2d Security Forces Squadron, provides security for the airfield during a nuclear operational readiness exercise here June 10. The exercise is being held to prepare Barksdale Airmen for the upcoming nuclear operational readiness inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Senior Airman Jason Edwards, a crew chief with the 2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, salutes a B-52 Stratofortress as it taxis to the runway during a nuclear operational readiness exercise here June 10. The exercise is being held to prepare Barksdale Airmen for the upcoming nuclear operational readiness inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Col. Steven Basham, 2d Bomb Wing commander, speaks with maintenance Airmen at the end of a nuclear operational readiness exercise here June 10. The exercise was held to prepare Barksdale Airmen for the upcoming nuclear operational readiness inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- A B-52 Stratofortress touches down during a nuclear operational readiness exercise here June 8. The exercise is being held to prepare Barksdale Airmen for the upcoming nuclear operational readiness inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren)