307th Bomb Wing reactivates at Barksdale

A group of 307th Bomb Wing alumni and family members pose for a photo in front of a B-52 Stratofortress after reactivation ceremonies for the 307th BW at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 8, 2011. During the same ceremonies, the 917th Operations Group was re-designated as the 917th Fighter Group and the 917th Wing was deactivated. The group included veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War era. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Greg Steele)

307th Bomb Wing reactivates at Barksdale

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, presents the 307th Bomb Wing flag to Brig. Gen. John J. Mooney III, during reactivation ceremonies at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 8, 2011. During the same ceremonies, the 917th Operations Group was re-designated as the 917th Fighter Group and the 917th Wing was deactivated. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Robertson)

917th Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander

Chief Master Sgt. Derek K. Conrad, maintenance supervisor, 917th Maintenance Squadron, Maj. Leo J. Kamphaus Jr., commander,917 MXS and Col. Jeffrey S. Mullen, commander, 917th Maintenance Group stand tall during the national anthem at the 917 MXS assumption of command ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., August 7, 2010. Colonel Mullen presided over the ceremony during which Major Kamphaus assumed command of the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Crystal Marie Jordan)

47th FS Change of Command

Col. Keith Schultz, commander, 917th Operations Group, passes the 47th Fighter Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. James Travis, 917th Operations Support Flight commander, who assumed command of the 47th FS, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., August 7, 2010. (U. S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Greg Steele)

917th Wing associate unit welcomes new commander

Colonel Keith Schultz, of the 917th Wing’s Operations Group at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., accepts the 45th Fighter Squadron guidon from Lt. Col. Rodney Glass, commander, 45th FS, during the change of command ceremony for the 45th FS at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., December 5, 2009. In doing so, Colonel Glass relinquished command of and responsibility for the 45th FS. The 45th Fighter Squadron was originally activated Dec 1, 1940 as the 45th Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron, one of three squadrons assigned to the 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, territory of Hawaii. Inactivated and reactivated several times during its distinguished history, the 45th Fighter Squadron was once again reactivated November 1, 2009, as an associate unit with the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan, assigned to the 917th Wing at Barksdale. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alicia Goosic)

93rd Bomb Squadron welcomes new commander

Colonel Select Keith Schultz takes an opportunity to say farewell to his former squadron members after a change of command ceremony Sunday, August 2, 2009, at the 93rd Bomb Squadron Headquarters building on Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Lt. Col. Joseph Jones, commander, 93rd Bomb Squadron, took the reins from Colonel Schultz, who is leaving the 93rd BS to take a position with the Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The 93rd BS recently was given primary responsibility for the Air Force’s B-52 formal training mission after receiving 11 additional B-52s, approximately 320 maintainers and 40 operations personnel from the 2nd Bomb Wing. This move placed the 93rd in a partnership with the Regular Air Force under the total force initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)