• Motorcycle safety range open daily

    Quick stops, braking techniques and accident avoidance are all things taught and practiced at the motorcycle training range, which opened last year. The range, located in the parking lot on the corner of Davis Avenue and Orville Wright Avenue, is now open daily for anyone to use.The range,

  • Memorial Day honors fallen heroes, kicks off summer safety days

    Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer, but this holiday is much more significant, especially to military members and their families. Formally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May. It originated after the American Civil War to

  • Barksdale celebrates new SNCOs

    Barksdale's newest master sergeant selects attended a promotion party at the Stripes Club here May 17. Each year after promotion selection results are released, a promotion party for the technical sergeants who were selected for the grade is held. The Air Force selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible

  • 2 BW Airmen team with 307 BW

    Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing recently joined forces with the 307th Bomb Wing to help with their new Development and Training Flight, scheduled to kick off at the Airman Leadership School building here June 2.The flight was designed to help recruits prepare both mentally and physically to

  • Barksdale SFS celebrates Police Week 2012

    Airmen from the 2nd Security Forces Squadron joined the Shreveport and Bossier City law enforcement agencies in celebration of Police Week May 13-19 to recognize the service and sacrifice of their fellow comrades in arms.Police Week, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Fund,

  • Barksdale pools to open May 25

    The 2nd Force Support Squadron is hosting their annual Pool Bash at the North Pool located by the Barksdale Club from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 25. The event will include a disc jockey, free food and pool games with prizes for members of Team Barksdale."Everyone is invited to come out to this event,"

  • AFGSC Airmen surpass rowing goal

    April 5 marked the beginning of a command-wide rowing challenge that lasted until May 5, challenging Airmen from the five Air Force Global Strike Command bases to collectively row 3,674 miles - the distance from Washington D.C. to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. What started as a