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  • 917th Wing welcomes new commander

    The 917th Wing on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony at Hoban Hall on Barksdale, Saturday at 9:30 am.Col. John J. Mooney III accepted command of the unit from Brig. Gen. Edmund D. Walker during the ceremony.Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla, commander

  • ESGR presents Patriot Award

    Dennis Dollar, a member of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), presented Sharon Nelson, a supervisor at the Louisiana State University Health Service Center in Monroe, La., with an ESGR Patriot award on March 3.Nelson earned the award by being nominated by Lt. Col. Corine M.

  • They did dat! What did we do?

    The 917th Wing's 93rd Bomb Squadron on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., honored Louisiana's own Super Bowl 44 Champions, the New Orleans Saints on Monday Feb. 8, a day after their victory.An aircrew with the 93rd BS flew their B-52 Stratofortress on their daily training missions under the call signs

  • 917th Wing Education Office picks up and moves

    Walking in to the 917th Wing's education office on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., one is greeted by a cheerful hello. After being asked to sit down, Ms. Rebecca McCrary, an education and training specialist for the 917th Wing, sits ready and willing to answer any and all questions about tuition

  • A partnership across nations

    America, the land of the free and home of the brave, is guarded against enemies, both foreign and domestic, by ever-vigilant men and women who have sworn to protect their beloved country at home and abroad. They do not however, do it alone. Among America's sons and daughters, one can find a few