917th MXS Airmen take second at Oktoberfest

Ounces of prevention

917th Wing Senior NCOs Inducted

More than 170 family members, friends, and Airmen of all ranks attended the 917th Wing, 6th Annual, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Induction and Chief's Recognition Ceremony at the Stripes Club on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., October 3, 2009. The 917th Wing inducted 31 Airmen into the Senior NCO

Colonel Robert L. Savory: Hard Act to Follow

A large pair of shoes was left worn, empty and hard to fill on the doorstep of the 917th Medical Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., with the retirement of Col. Robert L. Savory, October 3, 2009. Medical Director for the 917th Wing since 1999, Colonel Savory was finally shoved out the door to

Historical Display Case

AFRC Commander visits Barksdale

Mavericks live at Patriot Rifle III

The 917th Wing deployed 55 personnel and six A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on September 9, 2009, to participate in exercise Patriot Rifle III. Patriot Rifle III is an exercise which gives pilots and maintainers the opportunity to train and launch sorties employing live

Barksdale Shines at AMMOS

Barksdale Air Force Base, La., was well represented in the Advance Maintenance and Munitions Officers School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., this summer as two of the nine students left standing in Class 09B on graduation day were from Barksdale. Captains Katrine M. Waterman of the 917th Maintenance

Lt. Col. Chris Myers: Veteran Highlighted

STARBASE in Full Swing