March 3, 2022 CenterPoint Energy donates to STARBASE 2.0 program CenterPoint Energy presented DoD STARBASE Louisiana with a $14,000 grant March 2 at Elm Grove Middle School, Bossier City, Louisiana.Five CenterPoint Energy company leaders met with STARBASE officials and several Bossier Parish school and community leaders to present the grant. The group also
Feb. 25, 2022 A legacy of hard work and selfless service It was sports day at a high school in Jamaica when a helicopter landed on the soccer field. Rotators still spinning, schoolmates ran towards the action.As a clean-shaven man with a towering presence shut down the engine and jumped out of the aircraft to stop the children from getting too close to
Jan. 27, 2022 7th Bomb Wing, 307th Bomb Wing team up for award wins Citizen Airmen of the 307th Bomb Wing and their active-duty counterparts in the 7th BW swept 8 of 18 Air Force Global Strike Command maintenance awards here this month, including four Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award winners from the 489th Maintenance Squadron.
Sept. 19, 2021 AFRC, 307th Bomb Wing strengthen ties in Europe Air Force Reserve Command leadership and members of the 307th Bomb Wing took part in NATO Days activities in the Czech Republic from Sept. 14-20.NATO Days, an annual airshow highlighting member states' military capabilities, draws patrons from around the globe.Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, AFRC
Sept. 10, 2021 Events at Ground Zero still motivate 307th Bomb Wing Chief Every month, Chief Master Sgt. Leonard Werner treks more than 1,300 miles from his home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, to serve as the 307th Bomb Wing command chief here.With more than two decades of service in the Air Force Reserve, Werner could have retired long ago. But he continues to serve
Aug. 31, 2021 Commentary: Plans change I remember sitting through career days in school, taking aptitude tests that told me what I would be good at and enjoy. I aspired to be as educated and successful as my father. By fifth grade, I figured it out. I was going to nursing school. I would work on my bachelor’s degree and then master’s
Aug. 20, 2021 343rd Bomb Squadron participates in unique Red Flag exercise Members of the 343rd Bomb Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit, integrated with the 20th Bomb Squadron, an active-duty unit, to participate in Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, earlier this month.Red Flag exercises typically bring together several coalition forces and U.S. service
July 9, 2021 307th Bomb Wing’s first full-time first sergeant prepared to go the extra mile A half-marathon is 13.1 miles. Those miles could cover steep inclines, long flats and even rolling hills. U.S. Air Force MSgt. Kaitlin Schaeffer has completed seven half-marathons covering over 91 miles.
March 29, 2021 Fueling Innovation: Barksdale Airmen seek Extended Reality Air Refueling Trainer. Two Barksdale Airmen held a webinar last month at STRIKEWERX in Bossier City, Louisiana to begin prototype development for a proposed B-52 Extended Reality Air Refueling Trainer.
Feb. 22, 2021 Total Force Integration team overcomes obstacles to complete B-1 Lancer mission Maj. Charles Kilchrist knew there was no room for error. He and his weary 345th Bomb Squadron crew, along with two other B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, had been airborne for more than 30 hours, on a mission from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota to the Pacific theater, conducting