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  • Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program: Supporting those who gave for us

    Deployment is a word usually accompanied by feelings of uneasiness and worry, especially for the family members of Air Force personnel scheduled to leave. However, it's not an experience belonging solely to military members. A tour of duty affects everyone around the airman.Family and friends also

  • Global Strike hosts protocol workshop at 917th Wing

    Air Force Global Strike Command hosted a five-day protocol workshop in the 917th Wing auditorium on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., from November 9, 2009 through November 13, 2009 in order to teach active duty, reserve and civilian personnel who work on Barksdale proper protocol procedures.The

  • Barksdale Airmen support community, visa versa

    Hundreds of Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., joined Soldiers from the 527th Engineers of the Louisiana National Guard, local officials and the local community October 31 in working around the clock to place sand bags on a levee in northern Bossier Parish to keep the waters of the Red Chute

  • When Is the Right Time to Honor A Military Hero?

    This is an article written by Miss Emily Hoffman, the 13-year-old niece of Senior Master Sgt. Darren Ellingwood, intelligence superintendent, 917th Operations Group. When Is the Right Time to Honor A Military Hero? By Miss Emily Hoffman When is the appropriate time to offer gratitude to the men and

  • Louisiana Civic Leaders tour Eglin AFB

    More than 25 influential civic leaders from the Shreveport/Bossier City area of Louisiana gained first-hand knowledge of operations of the Air Force during a two-day "Civic Leader Tour" flight from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on October 21-22, 2009. Escorted by the

  • 93rd Bomb Squadron: history of the patch

    The process of getting a design for a group, wing or even squadron patch approved in the Air Force today is not an easy task. For whatever the reasons, development is usually fraught with disappointments and numerous re-designs before a final illustration is accepted. Primarily, the average Airmen