• Barksdale Exchange Making the Grade with Back-to-School

    The new school year is just around the corner and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is here to help students with all their school needs. Everything from supplies to clothing, the Barksdale Exchange has it in store for students and parents. The Exchange is making it easy to stay hip with the

  • Barksdale gets 'Street Smart'

    A 23-year old active-duty Airman attends a party. After having more drinks than he planned, he decides to reach in his pocket for his cell phone to call a ride. As he pulls his phone out he realizes he has a text message from a hottie he met earlier in the night,--"Hey Jason, I'm headed home. Meet

  • Barksdale holds fundraiser for flood-impacted Minot Airmen and families

    Barksdale fitness center hosted a Zumbathon fundraiser at the Stripes Club on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 11 to raise money for Minot Air Force Base N.D., Airmen and families affected by the recent floods. The Zumbathon was part of Operation Warmheart, an Air Force-wide charity ran by the

  • 2 MUNS gears up for Global Strike Challenge

    With only weeks left until the 2nd annual Global Strike Challenge, the 2nd Munitions Squadron team members have kicked training into high gear to ensure they bring the first prize trophy -- and bragging rights -- home to Barksdale.During the Global Strike Challenge, Airmen from operations,

  • Barksdale celebrates 4th Annual National Night Out

    Despite temperatures of over 100 degrees, more than 200 participants and volunteers came out to celebrate Barksdale's fourth annual National Night Out Aug 2.National Night Out is a community-police awareness-raising event and is 'America's Night Out Against Crime' which takes place on the first

  • Barksdale congratulates newest staff sergeant selects

    More than 198 members of Team Barksdale were selected for promotion to the rank staff sergeant Aug. 4.Air Force officials selected 11,337 of 26,549 eligible senior airman for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 42.70 percent this year.The average score for those selected was 275.56,