Sept. 16, 2020 Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1 To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, testing has been delayed from October to January, and testing in January will move forward without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.
Sept. 16, 2020 World Class Command Post With the multitude of Air Force bases around the world, many bases would like to say they have the best command post in the Air Force. Here at Barksdale, that is a statement of fact.
Sept. 10, 2020 AMAC tests Barksdale’s B-52 capability The 2nd Bomb Wing hosted an Aircraft Monitor and Control test for the B-52H Stratofortress August 24-26, 2020.
Sept. 10, 2020 3rd Annual Innovation Rodeo "Call for Topics" AFIMSC is proud to announce their 3rd Annual Innovation Rodeo “Call for Topics”. This year’s theme is “Base of the Future” and the campaign runs from September 1 to December 1, 2020.
Sept. 1, 2020 Building Combat Power…Together Last Wednesday, Aug. 26, Barksdale Air Force Base accomplished something truly significant…a display of combat power against the backdrop of an imminent natural disaster.
Aug. 25, 2020 Barksdale Family Housing: Hurricane Laura Update We wanted to send out an update on our storm preparations for Hurricane Laura. Your Barksdale Family Housing Team is diligently working to prepare the property for you.
Aug. 24, 2020 2nd SFS Airman awarded Kaleth O. Wright Excellence in Leadership Scholarship An Airman from the 2nd Security Forces Squadron was selected as the first ever recipient of the Kaleth O. Wright Excellence in Leadership Scholarship, an honor given on behalf of the Air Force Sergeants Association in conjunction with Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa.
Aug. 18, 2020 Barksdale’s own wins 2020 Notary of the Year One of Barksdale’s own has been nationally recognized through his embodiment of service before self by winning the 2020 Notary of the Year award.
Aug. 17, 2020 2nd BW and Overton VA EO celebrate joint award win Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing Equal Opportunity (EO) office alongside the Overton Brooks Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) and earned the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Team Award.
Aug. 14, 2020 Army and Air Force in sync for Pegasus Forge Soldiers of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division combined forces with Airmen of the 96th Bomb Squadron for Pegasus Forge 5.5, a training event that took place at Fort Hood, Texas.