• When you need a little extra help

    Since 2006, the Barksdale Health and Wellness Center has helped countless Airmen improve their physical fitness scores. The HAWC is helping Airmen stay or get back into shape, with the use of a registered dietician, body fat analysis and a workout plan that's become known as the 'rookie runner'

  • Celebrate Barksdale brings Airmen, family together

    Team Barksdale members were treated to an afternoon of free food, fun and fellowship at the 14th Annual Celebrate Barksdale event Oct. 22 at the Chapel 1 Grounds. The event, sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Military Affairs Council, served as a way to thank military members and their families for

  • Joint training keeps Airmen and Soldiers mission-ready

    The 548th Combat Training Squadron is hosting the first of 10 exercises for fiscal year 2011, Green Flag East 11-01. This exercise is taking place Oct. 11-27 and is a collaboration of several Air Force units as well as the 82nd Airborne Division, a U.S. Army airborne infantry division based at Fort

  • 2nd Maintenance Group Airmen achieve high rating

    The B-52H Stratofortress has numerous impressive statistics; it can carry approximately 70,000 lbs. of ordnance, it can reach up to 650 miles per hour, it can even be flown 8,800 miles without being refueled, but operating without maintenance is not one of them. In fact, the 63-year-old aircraft

  • Eighth Air Force Museum restores B-52D bomber

    Barksdale has a flightline full of Air Force Global Strike Command, 2nd Bomb Wing B-52H bombers and the Eighth Air Force Museum has a B-52 Model D on display, which is going through restoration; and although the models look similar, this particular aircraft has some significant historical

  • Halloween safety tips

    It's that time again to prepare for the ghouls, goblins and ghosts that surround your neighborhood in a sugar-induced feeding frenzy. As most of us know, this is an exciting day for your children and some adults who are kids at heart. However, before the sugar rush sets in and the tummies start