A B-1 bomber takes off from the flightline at Dyess AFB

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  • Cajuns return home

    The roar of A-10 aircraft filled the flight line Thursday morning, Dec. 15, when 10 New Orleans warthogs geared up to return home. The cajuns and their aircraft relocated to Barksdale AFB and the 917th Wing after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the New Orleans coastline back in August. The return home

  • four THOUSAND hours: A-10 pilots set flying hour record

    A-10 pilots strapped into their jets like they would any other day, but this time, they would set records, records that very few in the entire Air Force A-10 community have ever dreamed of achieving. Lt. Cols. Jimbo Macaulay and Brady Glick, 47th Fighter Squadron A-10 pilots, landed on the flight

  • 10 AF/CC visits Wing

    Maj. Gen. Rusty Poulin, 10th Air Force commander, visited the Wing during the November unit training assembly. While here, the general walked through units in the Wing, spoke to the troops at both officer and enlisted calls, and wrapped up his trip with a ride in the bomber on Monday following the

  • Fit for duty: Wing personnel test new technology

    Out with the old, and in with the new. It’s the hope of many Reserve B-52 aircrew members to do just that when bulky, noise-canceling headsets are replaced with lightweight, custom-molded earpieces. Recently approved for use in various fighter aircraft by Air Combat Command and given the “go” by Lt.

  • Mayor proclaims Dec. 2 “Sheila Schencke Day”

    Local leaders honored STARBASE Louisiana Director Sheila Schencke Dec. 2, during the program’s student graduation at Kerr Elementary in Bossier City. Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker proclaimed the day, “Sheila Schencke Day,” to recognize her “great impact on many of our children” with the STARBASE