4/3/2013 - U.S. Air Force Col. Jonathan Ellis, 307th Bomb Wing commander, welcomes Betty Welsh to a tour of STARBASE Louisiana, April 2, 2013, at Barksdale Air Force Base. Welsh is the wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Steele/Released)
4/3/2013 - STARBASE executive director Kathy Brandon talks about the mission of STARBASE Louisiana during a tour for Betty Welsh, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, and Athena Cody, wife of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody, April 2, 2013, at Barksdale Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Steele/Released)
4/3/2013 - Students attending STARBASE Louisiana work on a science project, April 2, 2013, at Barksdale Air Force Base. STARBASE presents 25-hours of exciting hands-on, minds-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics curriculum to area fifth grade students and their teachers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Steele/Released)
4/3/2013 - Betty Welsh (foreground), wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, and (left to right) Traci Ellis, wife of 307th Bomb Wing Commander Col. Jonathan Ellis, and Athena Cody, wife of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody, meet with students during a tour of STARBASE Louisiana, April 2, 2013, at Barksdale Air Force Base. STARBASE is one of more than 70 national STARBASE sites and is sponsored by Air Force Reserve Command’s 307th Bomb Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Steele/Released)
4/3/2013 - Betty Welsh, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, talks with a STARBASE Louisiana student, April 2, 2013, at Barksdale Air Force Base. STARBASE provides area fifth graders with an environment to actively engage students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics exploration to excite their interest, develop a solid base of understanding, and encourage them to pursue these areas in future studies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Greg Steele/Released)