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  • The 98th BG/WG Veterans Assn. announces 2011 reunion

    The 98th Bomb Group/Wing Veterans Association has announced it will be hold its annual reunion from Oct 17-21, 2011, in Shreveport La. The Holiday Inn Downtown has been designated as the official command center for the event.It has also been announced that the reunion will be hosting the famed

  • Surprised by Secret Squirrel

    The crews had been awoken at 3 a.m. to the alert, "All Sierra Crews Report to the Vault." Saddam Hussein had missed the United Nations deadline to pull his troops out of Kuwait. At that time, the destination, the highly classified weapons and the very existence of these aircraft was classified at

  • Bomb wing traces lineage back to World War II

    The 307th Bomb Wing has a rich history that dates back to 1942 when it was activated as the 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy) by the Army Air Corps Combat Command after the attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the United States into war with Japan. In succeeding years, the 307th's participation in World

  • 917th heritage continues as fighter group

    When the 917th Wing was deactivated here Jan. 8, it did not signal the end of the 917th designation because the wing's 917th Operations Group was re-designated as the 917th Fighter Group.In a ceremony presided over by Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, the flag

  • 307th Bomb Wing reactivates at Barksdale

    A crowd of more than 900 witnessed Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, preside over ceremonies deactivating the 917th Wing, re-designating the 917th Operations Group as the 917th Fighter Group and reactivating of the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base,

  • Common goals

    When the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets matched up against the United States Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons in the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, it represented the culmination of post-season play for two outstanding centers of higher learning. No doubt, it was a hard fought game between two fine