A B-52 Stratofortress from the 93rd Bomb Squadron 917 Wing at Barksdale AFB, La, takes off from the Eieslon AFB, Alaska runway on the first full day of RED FLAG - Alaska 06-2. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, formally approved the total force integration initiative March 9, which reorganizes the Air Force B-52 forces, tasking the Air Force Reserve Command's 93rd Bomb Squadron here to spearhead the Air Force's B-52 Formal Training Unit program. Currently run by a Regular Air Force unit at Barksdale, the B-52 FTU will belong to the Air Force Reserve's 917th Wing at Barksdale. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)