• 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

  • STRATCOM commander: 'No higher calling' than nuclear mission

    The commander of U.S. Strategic Command visited all five Air Force Global Strike Command bases in two days, telling Airmen "there is no higher calling" than the nuclear deterrence mission.Speaking to hundreds of Airmen at All-Hands calls at each stop, Gen. Kevin Chilton emphasized how Global Strike

  • Safety corner: Holiday fire safety tips

    Holidays are a time for families to enjoy being together. It is a time for fun and letting the stresses of work drift away. However, it is not a time to relax from fire and holiday safety. There are many instances where a little more time and thought would have saved lives and property. Each year,

  • Barksdale stays safe through holiday season

    The 2nd Bomb Wing Safety Office hosted two safety briefings Nov. 23, for Barksdale Air Force Base personnel. The briefings included spokespersons from the fire department, Airmen Against Drunk Driving and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers guest speaker and Col. Tim Fay, 2 BW commander.Safety day is a

  • New Auto Hobby Shop coming soon

    Barksdale's 2nd Force Support Squadron recently broke ground for a new Auto Hobby Shop and Car Wash. The $2.8 million project began earlier this month and will better serve the Barksdale community, home to Air Force Global Strike Command."This project has been on the books for 17 years," stated Mary

  • Safety corner: wintertime is barbeque time

    A Louisiana winter has temperatures that are warmer than most areas of the United States; this warmer weather brings with it the opportunity to barbeque. Winter is not the time to be relaxed on fire safety. With the holidays just around the corner it is the time of year to be more vigilant.Barbeques