kEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets IV will visit Keesler Air Force Base for a Room Dedication in honor of his grandfather, Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets, Jr., Friday, Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. in Cody Hall here.
General Tibbets Jr. was the pilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
General Tibbets IV is Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command and Deputy Commander, Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. AFGSC provides strategic deterrence, global strike and combat support to USSTRATCOM and other geographic combatant commands.The command organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready forces that provide strategic deterrence, global strike and combat support to USSTRATCOM and other geographic combatant commands. The command is comprised of more than 33,700 professionals operating at two Numbered Air Forces and 11 active-duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve wings. Weapons systems assigned to the command include Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, UH-1N helicopters, the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft and the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications systems.
Media interested in covering the event should RSVP to the Public Affairs office no later than noon Tuesday, Sept. 11. Call (228) 377-2783 or email 81trw.pa@us.af.mil.