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  • Air Force prepares for Valiant Shield: WG bombers play a role

    Airmen from the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB and 10 other Air Force bases will join three Navy carrier strike groups, elements of a Marine Corps aircraft wing and the Coast Guard for one of the largest joint exercises in the Western Pacific June 19-23. Called Valiant Shield, approximately

  • Elevating training: Medics get hands-on training at Air Force Academy

    Sixteen members of the 917th Medical Squadron reached new heights in their careers recently while deployed to the Air Force Academy’s 10th Medical Group, Colorado Springs, Colo. At an elevation of over 7,000 feet above sea level, they integrated with members of the 10 MDG to provide combat,

  • Where are they now?

    Most college students spend $500 on partying, laundry or books. Two young ladies with 917th Wing ties used their $500 Chief Cheryl T. Denson Scholarship-the first two ever presented by the organization-to boost their education. Heather Pollard, daughter of Master Sgt. Pat Pollard, 917th Security

  • It's a girl!!

    The same rules apply: toughness, tackle, touchdowns, but the participants are different…they're girls! Women throughout the Shreveport-Bossier area have joined forces to become the Shreveport ShockHers, a first-year expansion team for the National Women's Football Association. Two of the Wing's very

  • 717 AMXS edges by 917 MXS 14-13

    The 717th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron won the Maintenance Group softball play offs Saturday, June 3, at the Barksdale AFB softball complex with a score of 14-13 against the second place team, the 917th Maintenance Squadron. For the third year in a row the 717 AMXS has dominated the softball field

  • B-52s participate in Red Flag- Alaska

    Good guy, bad guy. For crews of three B-52s who recently participated in Red Flag, they played both sides. All were tested: pilots, navigators, weapons load crews, maintainers and those on the ground who supported them—all necessary to accomplish missions in this realistic, war gaming

  • B-52 pilot completes Boston Marathon

    Chase- a fun game for kids. Not something the average adult would want to play for 2 hours and 58 minutes or for 26.2 miles, unless of course you are Capt. Heath White, 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 aircraft commander. Heath competed in the Boston Marathon Monday, April 17, and placed 942 out of 22, 373