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The oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2nd Bomb Wing participated in Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing test (as the 2nd Bomb Group). The wing is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Barksdale also hosts Air Force Global Strike Command Headquarters, the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force of World War II fame, and the Air Force Reserve's 307th Bomb Wing.

Read the 2d Bomb Wing's mission statement here.

2nd Bomb Wing History

Wing History
Emblem Description & History

2nd Bomb Wing Staff

2nd Comptroller Squadron
Inspector General
Barksdale Equal Opportunity Office
Plans and Programs
Wing Safety
Judge Advocate
SARC
2nd Bomb Wing Historian
Chapel
Retiree Office

2nd Maintenance Group

2nd Maintenance Squadron
2nd Maintenance Operations Squadron
2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
2nd Munitions Squadron

2d Medical Group

Dental
Bioenvironmental Engineering
Health and Wellness Center
Pharmacy
Optometry
Patient Advocate
Public Health

2nd Operations Group

2nd Operations Support Squadron
11th Bomb Squadron
20th Bomb Squadron
96th Bomb Squadron

2nd Mission Support Group

2nd Contracting Squadron
2nd Communications Squadron
2nd Civil Engineer Squadron
2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron
2nd Mission Support Squadron
2nd Security Forces Squadron
2nd Force Support Squadron

Tenant Units

Air Force Global Strike Command
Eighth Air Force
307th Bomb Wing
917th Fighter Group
49th Test and Evaluation Squadron
Det 13 ACC TRSS
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28
26th Operational Weather Squadron
AFOSI Det 219

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2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs
(318) 456-5502
DSN 781-5502
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