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Need for speed: Chief trades A-10 mission for F-22

Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Robinson, 917th Maintenance Squadron, trades southern hospitality for northern exposure as he takes a position with the 477th Fighter Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, in early April. As maintenance superintendent for the 477 FG, Chief Robinson will be part of the

TFI (Total Force Initiative): Reserve shares pod knowledge with AD counterparts

Barksdale's reservists put the total force initiative into practice--working "in concert" with active-duty efforts to get advanced targeting pod capability mainstream on the B-52 bomber. "The concept we are working is that our most proficient instructors provide dedicated training to a selected

STARBASE La., graduates 300th class

STARBASE Louisiana celebrated the graduation of its 300th class in a ceremony Friday, Jan. 25, held at Asbury United Methodist Church, Bossier City, La. Ceremony Speaker Col. Edmund D. Walker, commander of the 917th Wing, encouraged the Apollo Elementary fifth-graders to "have big dreams and never

A-10 Resurrection: Multifunctional color display upgrade adds life to aging fighter jet

Having been saved from total annihilation only years before, the A-10 Warthog remained at risk of being one with the bone yard. That is, unless it got the refurbishment it so desperately needed to stay afloat. Resurrection Day for the Warthog, as it is commonly referred, came in the form of the

Base command post adopts 'total force' concept

Members of the 2d Bomb Wing and the 917th Wing command posts became one integrated force, the "Barksdale Command Post," as of Dec. 26, 2007. This bold move, ordered by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley, seeks to create a "more uniformly trained force," according to Lt.

Wing plays 'Santa' , participates in Barksdale community giving program

The good 'doctor' is in

When there is a sneaky little cyber something batting away all incoming e-mails so they don't make it to the inbox; a giga monster eating a file that was surely saved; or smoke coming from a "fire" wall on a deployable laptop, who is the person to call? The computer doctor, of course.For one Air

A New Year's Commentary

The New Year is steadily bearing down on us, and I thought it would be nice for me to impart what little wisdom I have on to those who may not have experienced a New Year's resolution disappointment from my particular perspective. Technically, New Year's resolutions make no sense. I mean seriously,

917 SFS recognizes need for manlier morale maneuvers

I'm no athlete, and I don't like to watch sports. I don't even like reporting on sporting events. But, every once in a while I'm blessed by being at the right place whether it is the right time or not. Such an event occurred on an oblong field of battle at a baseball diamond on Barksdale AFB, La.,