The B-17G bomber being restored at Barksdale AFB, La., in honor of 8th Air Force icon Maj. Gen. Lewis Lyle, on May 18 got its nose art, “Miss Liberty.” A team of airmen, volunteers, and contractors are fixing up this B-17 to replicate “Miss Liberty,” the aircraft that Lyle flew on a raid against Berlin on March 22, 1944. The B-17 will reside in the Eighth Air Force museum. (Barksdale photo caption by SSgt. John Gordinier)
The program executive officers for some of the Air Force’s largest acquisition management organizations are struggling to deal with an exodus of senior talent and experienced civilian staff, three of them told an industry conference.
