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U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER linked with VIGILANT SHIELD
October 18, 2019 — Exercises GLOBAL THUNDER and VIGILANT SHIELD 20 commenced today to provide integrated training opportunities for U.S. Strategic Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.USSTRATCOM leads GLOBAL THUNDER 20, an annual command and control exercise that provides training opportunities that assess all USSTRATCOM... MORE

Bomber Task Force Deploys to Europe
October 10, 2019 — B-52 Stratofortresses from the 2nd Bomb Wing, here, departed tonight for a Bomber Task Force deployment to Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, England. While there, aircrews will conduct integration and interoperability training with European allies and partners in the region. ... MORE

Barksdale AFB bomb wings support Cobra Warrior
September 23, 2019 — The exercise featured more than 50 fighter aircraft from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Israel. The large-scale exercise, based out of RAF Waddingham, United Kingdom, had aircraft flying in simultaneously to participate in peer-to-peer scenarios. ... MORE

Cal Poly first university to sign SSA agreement with USSTRATCOM
September 12, 2019 — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) expanded the space situational awareness (SSA) program to academic institutions by signing the first such agreement with California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, August 28, 2019. ... MORE

B-2 Spirit aircraft conduct hot pit refueling at Lajes Field
September 10, 2019 — U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit aircraft flew from RAF Fairford, England, to Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, on Sept. 9, 2019, to conduct hot pit refueling in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. ... MORE

USS Nebraska Tests Four Trident II D5 Missiles
September 6, 2019 — The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, off the coast of Southern California this week.... MORE

Eighth AF commander visits BTF Airmen in European theater
September 5, 2019 — Maj. Gen. James Dawkins Jr., the Eighth Air Force commander, flew across the Atlantic to visit his Airmen at Royal Air Base Fairford, England, from August 27-28, 2019. He also flew a B-2 training sortie during his visit.... MORE

RAF F-35s train with US Air Force B-2 bombers for the first time
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September Enlisted Corps Spotlight
September 1, 2019 — Staff Sgt. Samantha MacKinnon, noncommissioned officer in charge of indications and warnings for U.S. Strategic Command’s intelligence directorate, hails from Saranac, Mich., and has 6 years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I manage a program that monitors threats and provides leadership with the... MORE

B-2 Spirit lands in Iceland
August 29, 2019 — A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber conducted a flight from RAF Fairford, England, to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, as part of a Bomber Task Force training mission Aug. 28.... MORE