• Barksdale cracks down on Spice use

    The dangers of a relatively new drug that quickly gained popularity has urged state legislatures, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the military to take action to make it illegal.Spice, a synthetic marijuana, is a mixture of herbs with hallucinogenic effects similar to marijuana. The quantity and

  • Barksdale AFB garners Air Force, MAJCOM safety awards

    Members of the 2nd Bomb Wing recently won Air Force-level and Air Force Global Strike Command safety awards.The 2 BW won the Flight Safety award and the Colombian trophy. These awards focus on flight safety, achievements and contributions performed by the squadron. Barksdale's 2nd Security Forces

  • Crew chief program motivates performance

    A select, highly-skilled group of Barksdale maintainers were recently recognized for their commitment to aircraft performance and equipment condition by being named dedicated crew chiefs.The recently re-established Dedicated Crew Chief Program has been an Air Force tradition for decades and gives

  • Good order and discipline at Barksdale

    A lower-level adverse action is nonjudicial punishment pursuant to Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). A commander can impose nonjudicial punishment of correctional custody, forfeiture of pay, reduction in grade, extra duties, reprimand, and restriction. Certain punishments may also

  • Baking up holiday cheer

    The holidays will taste a little sweeter for Barksdale airmen this year thanks to local sponsors and volunteers from Air Force Global Strike Command who hosted a cookie drive Dec. 7, at Chapel 2 annex to help boost dorm resident's morale during the holiday season. Volunteers came together to

  • Barksdale volunteers spread cheer during holiday season

    The Barksdale Enlisted Spouse Group will host its third annual Christmas card hand out program Dec. 18 at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, La., to help spread cheer to local veterans during the holiday season. During the annual Christmas card program, purchased and hand-made

  • The man, the museum

    Motorists drive past it every day. High schools journey hundreds of miles a year to see it. The families of Airmen come from all over the world to pose in front of its mammoth planes. What the thousands of annual visitors may not know was that the dedication of one man made it all possible. The