• Barksdale Airman at Combat Outpost Keating recounts enemy attack

    Being the only Airman assigned to an Army Combat Outpost on the outskirts of Afghanistan-Pakistan border can be a little intimidating and scary. Being assigned to COP Keating while under attack by hundreds of insurgents armed with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades is absolutely

  • AFGSC leadership releases command's mission, vision

    Air Force Global Strike Command recently went "off site" for the better part of three days to focus on producing a command mission and vision as a guide to Global Strike Airmen about where the new command is heading. AFGSC leadership gathered near the National Military Park in Vicksburg, Miss., Oct.

  • Airmen assist local authorities with reinforcing levee

    Barksdale Airmen, at the request of state and local officials, worked nonstop from the early morning hours Oct. 31 to the evening of Nov. 1 to reinforce a levee containing Red Chute Bayou in northern Bossier Parish. In the end, more than 600 Airmen assisted with filling and hauling sandbags in a

  • Oct. 28 Airman in the Spotlight

    NAME: Brian Dunn RANK: Airman 1st Class SQUADRON: 2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron JOB TITLE: Weapons Loader HOMETOWN: Holliday, Texas WHY DID YOU JOIN THE MILITARY? To better myself and have a stable job HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE MILITARY? 1 ¾ years WHO IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THE

  • National Red Ribbon Week: Drug Free is the Key

    Barksdale officials will celebrate National Red Ribbon Week at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Bbse Youth Center. Col. Steven Basham, 2d Bomb Wing commander, will lead a pledge to remain drug free with Barksdale's youth. Team Barksdale is encouraged to attend the program in an effort to join the base,

  • Shreveport, Bossier City chosen as site for official Veteran's Day parade

    Shreveport, Bossier City chosen as site for official Veteran's Day parade As part of the national Veteran's Day celebration, Barksdale will team up with the local community as one of only 41 approved regional sites in the United States for official festivities. A formal parade and massing of the

  • MAC hosts 13th annual Celebrate Barksdale

    The Shreveport-Bossier Military Affairs Council hosted the 13th Annual Celebrate Barksdale event for base personnel and their families Oct. 16. A 5K run kicked off the day at 7 a.m., followed by a base-wide picnic held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Chapel One grounds. A team of more than 70

  • Oct. 21 Airman in the Spotlight

    NAME: Chelsey N. Bain RANK: Airman First Class SQUADRON: 96th Bomb Squadron JOB TITLE: Aviation Resource Management HOMETOWN: MiamiHOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE MILITARY? A year and six months WHO IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THE MILITARY AND WHY? It's really hard for me to say because everyone