• Meet your 2015 Global Strike Challenge Nuclear, Conventional Load Teams

    The Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and security forces competition with units from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard. Through competition and

  • CDC revamps classroom to improve child development

    The Barksdale Air Force Base Child Development Center East held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new gross motor skills classroom here, Aug. 20.The new classroom provides the opportunity for children to develop their major muscle groups and gross motor skills during extreme weather

  • Barksdale congratulates newest staff sergeants

    More than 220 members of Team Barksdale were selected for promotion to the rank of staff sergeant Aug. 20.Air Force officials selected 13,269 of 39,260 eligible senior Airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 33.8 percent this year.The average total score for those selected was

  • No more free rides: AADD reconstructs framework

    Once a program has been in place for an extended period of time, its original focus can sometimes become blurred. Changes are sometimes necessary in order for the program to remain effective and productive. Airmen Against Drunk Driving found themselves in a similar situation, seeking a

  • Warrior Huddle Day showcases mission, Airmen with B-52 display

    With a variety of Air Force jobs from doctors and lawyers to chefs and accountants, not all Airmen have the opportunity to interact directly with the mighty B-52 Stratofortress or the Airmen supporting the mission on the flightline.  Warrior Huddle Day grants the opportunity to learn first-hand from

  • Family Advocacy promotes positive parenting with new programs

    Team Barksdale's Family Advocacy has added two new programs for Airmen and their families.The Family Check-Up and Everyday Parenting programs foster strengths-based family management, positive parenting and child development."FCU is a family-centered intervention that promotes positive child and

  • 2nd Medical Group NCO trades stripes for bars

    Staff Sgt. Brandon Longstreet, 2nd Medical Group public health technician, was commissioned into the Medical Service Corps as a first lieutenant during a commissioning ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 14.The MSC provides leadership, operational and administrative support and

  • Keeping the Buff young: Metals technology

    Along with the other specialists who wait for the B-52 Stratofortress along the flightline, metals technology technicians are ready 24/7 to perform orthopedic surgery to fix any structural damage.The 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight's unique mission would not be complete without the

  • Keeping the Buff young: Nondestructive inspection

    Like a radiologist who can see fractures without using a scalpel, there are Airmen who can find deficiencies in the B-52 Stratofortress bones to proactively ensure its structural integrity.Experts from Nondestructive Inspection, a shop within the 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight,