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  • The Barksdale Bombers hockey team from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, pose for a group photo in the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum at Shreveport, Louisiana, March 31, 2021.

    Barksdale Bombers named local hockey champions

    The Barksdale official hockey team, the Barksdale Bombers, won the Mudbugs Adult Hockey League championship game at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, in Shreveport, Louisiana, March 31, 2021.
  • Military children pose for a photo during the Military Child Parade at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, April 1, 2021.

    Barksdale kids participate in Military Children Parade

  • Leaders from U.S. Strategic Command, Strategic Command Consultation Committee and Airmen from the 96th Bomb Squadron pose for a photo with the Omaha Trophy at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, March 30, 2021. The Omaha Trophy is awarded each year to various units in recognition of outstanding support to USSTRATCOM's strategic deterrence mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob B. Wrightsman)

    96th BS awarded the Omaha Trophy

    For their efforts in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s mission of global strategic deterrence, the 96th Bomb Squadron has been presented the Omaha Trophy by Adm. Charles Richard, USSTRATCOM commander, March 30, 2021. Awarded to units across the command who excel in their respective roles of strategic deterrence, the Omaha Trophy was presented to the 96th as USSTRATCOM’s 2020 premier strategic bomber squadron, the first bomb squadron to ever be presented the award.

  • Our Responsibilities

    How well are you living up to your responsibility? Regardless of your rank or position, you have immense responsibilities resting on your shoulders. We have hundreds of them spelled out in Air Force instructions and handbooks that we’re expected to carry out every day.
  • Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020, poses for a photo in front of an SR-71 Blackbird static display at the Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, March 24, 2021.

    Miss America visits Barksdale

    Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020, visited Barksdale and the local area to raise awareness for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs as Schrier herself graduated with honors from Virginia Tech with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Systems Biology.
  • Airman 1st Class Aaron J. Vind, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, unties munitions from a trailer during Combat Hammer at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Mar. 10, 2021. Combat Hammer was a week-long evaluation of the wing’s capacity to generate, load and employ conventional weapons on target. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob B. Wrightsman)

    Second Bomb Wing executes Combat Hammer

    Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing loaded and employed nearly 50 types of various munitions and flew a total of eight sorties in support of exercise Combat Hammer, March 8-12. A week-long evaluation of the wing’s capacity to generate, load and employ conventional weapons on target, Combat Hammer measured the effectiveness and lethality of Barksdale’s combat capabilities.
  • Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, middle, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Office of the Surgeon General medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, right, visit the 2nd Maintenance Group and speak with Airmen about their jobs and how they have handled the COVID-19 pandemic at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, March 10, 2021.

    AF surgeon general visits Striker Nation

    Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Office of the Surgeon General medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, visited Barksdale, March 10, 2021.
  • The 2nd Bomb Wing headquarters building is laden with snow after a winter storm on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 25, 2015.

    Home Alone: Holidays in the era of COVID

    As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season builds, so can the stress of the season. Throw a wild card like COVID-19 into the mix and the times can be a lot to handle, but there is no need to handle it alone.
  • A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec.14, 2020.

    MacDill integrates training with Barksdale AFB B-52s

    Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing traveled to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Dec. 15-18, 2020, to conduct integrated training with Air Force Global Strike Command’s B-52H Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing.
  • Staff Sgt. Johanna Esquivel, 2nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron medical technician, and Staff Sgt. Jelisa Adams, 2nd Healthcare Operations Squadron medical technician, provide tactical field care to a training dummy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) class at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 9, 2020.

    Barksdale trains medics with Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    Medics of the 2nd Medical Group are becoming a whole lot more lethal, in a good way.
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