• Manage Your Risks: Stay In the Fight!

    The 2nd Bomb Wing Safety office hosted its annual fall Safety Day brief at Hoban Hall, Aug. 31, 2017. With summer coming to an end and fall bringing in the start of the hunting season, Wing Leadership and guest speaker Tony Crow spoke to Team Barksdale about risk management and applying safety both

  • Military Working Dogs: Bad to the Bone

    Rico, 2nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog, conducts a perimeter patrol at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., July 19, 2016. Rico and his handler Senior Airman Brandon McCarty from the 2nd Security Forces Squadron have worked together as a team for over one year. Handlers train and work

  • Scrubbing bubbles: keeping the buff fresh and clean

    A crew chief from the 2nd Maintenance Squadron soaks a cleaning pad in soap, water during a pre-phase inspection wash at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 15, 2016. A specialized cleaning solution was used to break down dirt and grime attached to the outside of the airframe. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • Slowing the Buff: AFE Airmen pack, maintain B-52 drag chutes

    Senior Airman Scott Plummer, 2nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, hangs a wet canopy in a drying tower at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 7, 2016. Plummer hung the canopy to dry prior to re-packing it into a chute deployment bag. Wet canopies need to be dried to