Positive growth: Team 56 reinforces strong NCOs

For more than 10 years the Barksdale noncommissioned officers have been participating in Team 56.Team 56 is an organization made up of staff sergeant selects, staff sergeants and technical sergeants who support the base and local community through volunteering, acting as a voice for the collective

Trevor Romain speaks to Barksdale's children

Women's self-defense training class

Month of the Military Child

Barksdale participates in Exercise Red Flag - Alaska

Approximately 150 2d Bomb Wing pilots, maintenance Airmen and support personnel recently returned from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where they participated in the 10-day Exercise Red Flag -Alaska.The exercise is designed to provide realistic and demanding air-combat training to flying units from

Barksdale pilots support Pilot-For-A-Day Program

Pilots with Barksdale's 2d Bomb Wing are able to sharpen their flying skills while brightening the lives of seriously ill children by supporting Naval Air Station Corpus Christi's Pilot-For-A-Day program."Mr. George Ruiz, the Pilot-For-A-Day director, contacted 2d Bomb Wing scheduling in the fall of

Barksdale 2010 Defenders of Liberty Air Show part 2

Deployed Airmen welcome influx of transient members

At a moment's notice things can change. A country can rise up and overthrow its government. A volcano can erupt polluting the skies with ash and grounding more than 100,000 flights. A small air base in Southwest Asia can suddenly find itself bedding down hundreds of transient troops because of

New Orleans Saints take to skies over Barksdale

Barksdale 2010 Defenders of Liberty Air Show