Barksdale Air Force Base

Here's to HOPE: Barksdale Chapel seeks to improve lives of Airmen

Here's to HOPE: Barksdale Chapel seeks to improve lives of Airmen

Airman 1st Class Jaiyah Lewis
Air Force activates 12th Combat Air Base Squadron: A new era of combat readiness

Air Force activates 12th Combat Air Base Squadron: A new era of combat readiness

Senior Airman Hailey Farrell
AFGSC test new B-52 towbar prototype

AFGSC test new B-52 towbar prototype

Senior Master Sgt. Ted Daigle

AFGSC News

TRICARE Open Season Ends Dec. 10: Your Last Chance To Update Health Coverage for 2025

Time is running out to review and update your TRICARE health plan for 2025. TRICARE Open Season ends Tuesday, Dec. 10, marking your last day to enroll in a new plan or make changes to your health coverage.
AFGSC Chief Scientist and STRIKEWERX set up new way for Airmen to share, explore tech ideas

AFGSC Office of the Chief Scientist has established a new way for Airmen to learn about technology, share information with each other, & get support for innovation projects, called the Consortium for Digital Innovation (CDI).
Strengthening Arctic Defense: Trilateral exercise tests fifth-generation air power

Norwegian, U.K. and U.S. forces conducted a multi-domain find, fix, track and target military exercise with fifth-generation aircraft Dec. 3 in the High North.
Additional reimbursement authorized for pet transportation from countries with higher rabies risk

In response to the new CDC regulation, the department has updated the Joint Travel Regulations to accommodate service members transporting a household pet during a PCS move from a high-risk country.
Temporary Grand Forks AFB B-1 Bed Down Approved

The environmental assessment and legal review are complete, officially paving the way for the temporary movement of 17 B-1B Lancers and 800 Airmen from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., to Grand Forks AFB, N.D., beginning in December 2024.
Allies integrate for first-ever B-52 simulated weapons drop in Finland

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted a simulated weapons drop training mission as part of Bomber Task Force 25-1 in Finland, Nov. 25. During the mission bombers integrated with Finnish F/A-18C Hornets and Swedish Air Force Saab