• Barksdale, community enjoy long partnership

    In 1931, construction began on what would one day become Barksdale Air Force Base, but the Shreveport and Bossier City communities' close relationship with and support of the military began long before.As early as 1924, a group of prominent civic leaders began looking for a location to host a new

  • Family Health clinic ups available appointments

    In order to better serve the Barksdale community, the Family Health and Pediatric clinics have expanded the number of daily available appointments for their patients.Health care providers at the Family Health clinic will be able to see a patient every 15 minutes, moving from 900 appointments weekly

  • Airmen check engines, save millions

    Every time the B-52H Stratofortress takes off, eight engines battle intense heat, wind, pressure and foreign object damage to get the 488,000 pound behemoth aloft.Altogether, are more than 216 B-52H Stratofortress engines on Barksdale and five Airmen from the 2nd Maintenance Squadron are responsible

  • Key Facts on the Amoeba Risk in Public Water Supply

    Recent news articles in Louisiana are reporting on the detection of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in a water system in De Soto Parish and earlier in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans. Environmental health personnel in the 2nd Medical Group and drinking water system managers from the 2nd Civil

  • Analyze this: Maintenance Airmen analyze history, identify trends

    One office uses history to help the 2nd Maintenance Group keep the B-52H Stratofortress in the air providing strategic deterrence and devastating global combat air power.Maintenance analysts collect, monitor, audit, evaluate and analyze maintenance management information systems data. This

  • Service: Upholding commitment

    Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on the Air Force core values.Service has long been associated with military life, and those who wear military uniforms are called "service members" - for good reason.New Airmen are introduced to the core values at Basic Military Training, and

  • Barksdale Airman takes innovation to new heights

    The Air Force's new vision, "The world's greatest Air Force powered by Airmen, fueled by innovation," has resonated through the force in recent months and one Barksdale Airman has taken the message to heart.1st Lt. Joshua Bedel, 2nd Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight officer in