• Barksdale assists with Humanitarian Transport

    Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. participated in a massive humanitarian relief effort to Haiti, May 11. The Airmen, from the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, loaded more than 100,000 pounds of food onto a C-17 Globemaster as part of Operation Ukraine.Haiti is still in desperate need of

  • Team Barksdale firefighter recognized

    A member of Team Barksdale proved to be "best of the best" following his selection recently from a pool of thousands of competitors as the top civilian firefighter in the Air Force.Jessie Fletcher, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron, was named the 2011 Air Force Civilian Firefighter of the Year. "It was a

  • Barksdale children take a bite out of reading

    The Barksdale Library will kick off its annual Summer Reading Program June 5 at the Youth Center.The program, which runs until July 24, is designed to prevent summer learning loss by keeping children reading while they are away from school. Research shows long summer vacations break the rhythm of

  • Fitness is more than physical

    During a recent NCO all-call, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, spoke about an innovative approach to health and fitness called Comprehensive Airmen Fitness, or CAF.Take the many domains of the B-52H Stratofortress as an

  • Barksdale engineer conducts COIN, stability operations in Afghanistan

    Air Force Capt. Scott Kelley, deployed from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., is serving in Afghanistan with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kapisa Province. Kelley, a Clinton, Miss., native, will complete a six-month tour with the last PRT in the area. The Kapisa