• 2 MXG recognizes top Airmen

    Roll calls, chants and horns could be heard echoing throughout the hanger. "Is Aircraft Maintenance in the house?" Pull chocks! Maintainers rock! "What about mighty maintenance?" Knuckle! Busters! "Where's Maintenance Ops?" MOS! The Fight Starts Here! "Last, but not least; where's Munitions?" Ammo!

  • Mighty 8th celebrates 70th birthday

    It's foggy and hard to see the uniquely shaped Cyber Innovation Center with three flights of Airmen formed and standing at-ease. Honor guard stands under the flag pole preparing for reveille as the sun begins to peak through the clouds. Airmen of the Mighty 8th sound off for their 70th birthday as

  • Beat-the-Bird winners are announced

    Winners of Beat-the-Bird contest sponsored by the Health and Wellness Center here were announced Jan. 23.HAWC fitness specialist, Leah Beckham, developed the contest to prevent Team Barksdale members from gaining weight throughout the holiday season. The weight-maintenance program started prior to

  • AF recognizes 2 CES EOD

    The 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight was awarded the SMSgt Gerald J. Stryzak Award for its outstanding 2011 accomplishments.The award, named in honor of an EOD technician who died in a 1980 aircraft crash in Egypt, recognizes the EOD flight that distinguished itself as

  • Base Tax Center gets your money back

    Team Barksdale members may have their taxes filed for free at the Base Tax Center here from now until April 17.Tax professionals and volunteer Airmen offer tax services to all base personnel, including retirees and dependents."I volunteered for it when it was offered," said Airman 1st Class Ryan

  • DoD introduces new DAVA program

    In 2000, the problem of domestic abuse in the military was analyzed and researched by the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence (DTFDV). DTFDV was commissioned by Congress to analyze the existing services for domestic abuse victims within the military and make policy recommendations to enhance and

  • New AFGSC chiefs, chief selects learn from history

    Air Force Global Strike Command's new chief master sergeants and chief selects learned leadership lessons from senior NCOs of the past during the AFGSC Chief orientation Jan. 23-27 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. As a part of the orientation, the chiefs and chief selects traveled to Vicksburg,