page_title: 2nd Bomb Wing
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Bomb Wing / Units
caption_attribution_description: c/n 464440. Full US military serial 61-0013. Operated by the 2nd Bombardment Wing based at Barksdale AFB, LA. Returning from a mission as part of Red Flag 16-2. Nellis AFB, NV, USA. 2nd March 2016
context_page_description: The 2d Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Eighth Air Force. It is stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The wing is also the host unit at Barksdale. The wing was assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command in February 2010 as part of the reassignment of Eighth Air Force.
  The 2 BW is one of only two B-52H Stratofortress wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
  Its 2d Operations Group is the oldest bomb group of the Air Force, having fought on the Western Front as the 1st Day Bombardment Group during World War I, entering combat on 12 September 1918. After the war, it participated in Brigadier General Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing test. Active for over 60 years, the 2 BW was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's heavy bomber deterrent force throughout the Cold War.
  The 2d Bomb Wing is commanded by Colonel Michael A. Miller. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Joshua W. Swanger.
context_section_description: Today, as the largest bomb wing in Air Force Global Strike Command and as a part of the historic "Mighty Eighth" Air Force, the wing continues to reflect the heritage of its motto Libertatem Defendimus: "Liberty We Defend."
  2d Maintenance Group
  2d Maintenance Squadron
  2d Maintenance Operations Squadron
  2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
  2d Munitions Squadron
  2d Medical Group
  2d Operations Group
  2d Operations Support Squadron ("Posse")
  11th Bomb Squadron ("Jiggs Squadron")
  20th Bomb Squadron ("Buccaneers")
  96th Bomb Squadron ("The Devil's Own")
  2d Mission Support Group
  2d Contracting Squadron
  2d Communications Squadron
  2d Civil Engineer Squadron
  2d Logistics Readiness Squadron
  2d Mission Support Squadron
  2d Security Forces Squadron
  2d Services Squadron
caption: 2nd Bombardment Wing B-52H landing at Nellis Air Force Base during Red Flag 16-2
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