• 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,

  • Sports physicals to be held alongside health fair, Aug. 22

    The 2nd Medical Group is offering sports physicals to registered dependents ages 5 to 18, Aug. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Proper documentation of a sports physical is required for all children who wish to play sports on base, in Bossier or Caddo parishes."Sports physicals are required to reveal any

  • Keeping the Buff young: aircraft structural maintenance

    At times, the B-52 Stratofortress gets weary from long missions, and it is up to a team of specialists to replenish the skin and bones of the aircraft. The 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight consists of three units: structural maintenance or "sheet metal", nondestructive inspection and