The worst case scenario of ejecting over open water is never expected, but if it does occur, aircrew and aeromedical personnel from the 307th Bomb Wing are prepared to survive. Airmen traveled from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to the Florida coast to participate in Water Survival Training (WST) provided by Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists assigned to Patrick AFB.
A 307th Bomb Wing Airman invented a modification to the Munitions Handling Unit-86 Aerial Lift Truck that makes attaching pylons to the B-52 Stratofortress safer and more efficient.
The B-52 Stratofortress Formal Training Unit , operated by the 93rd and 11th Bomb Squadrons here, is scheduled to graduate its first class of air crew this fall using the new curriculum designed to fly the B-52 with four people instead of five.
Last Thursday’s fly-off competition at STRIKEWERX here brought together hardware and software vendors competing to provide the Air Force a training solution for in-air refueling, arguably one of the most challenging aspects of flying the B-52.
CenterPoint Energy presented a second grant to DoD STARBASE Louisiana for $24,300 July 11. STARBASE is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program that invests in the local community’s youth.
Col. David Anderson took command of the 307th Bomb Wing during a ceremony here May 14.
Anderson served as the director of commander for the 307th Operations Group, prior to taking command of the 307th BW.
*This is part of the Build Your Legacy feature series highlighting how new recruits were influenced to join the 307th Bomb Wing by veterans and current military members.
