• Barksdale dedicates house in honor of General Harris

    Barksdale is officially dedicating one if its historical houses located on Shreveport Road in the name of Lt. Gen. Edgar S. Harris, Jr., former Eighth Air Force commander, July 14.When visitors walk up the stairs to the house, they will be greeted by a plaque honoring General Harris. The house will

  • NORI: hard work pays off

    After three Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercises, the 2d Bomb Wing passed their Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection with an overall Satisfactory rating.The exercises provided an opportunity to evaluate Barksdale's ability to execute mission requirements and hone the necessary skills needed

  • SMCB performs at Barksdale during 4th of July holiday

    Members of the Barksdale community came out to listen to the Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band July 3 at Hoban Hall. More than 300 people attended the hour - and - a- half concert, which included many hymnals such as "America the Beautiful," "The Saints Go Marching In" and "Stars and Stripes

  • Finance keeps Airmen in check

    The amount of money you have dictates where you live, the type of car you drive, the brand of clothes you wear and whether or not you can afford any type of extras. Money plays such an important role in everyone's lives, that there is an office dedicated entirely to it. The Barksdale Finance office

  • A tale of two diaries

    The Eighth Air Force Museum has received two donations of World War II Prisoner of War journals this past month.The first journal was donated by Joy Bolesta, wife of the late Stanley Bolesta who documented his time in a German POW camp known as Stalag Luft 1, months after his B-26 went down over