Barksdale community enjoy free patriotic concert

Members of the Barksdale community and their families attended a free, patriotic concert by the Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band June 27 at Hoban Hall. Sixty members ranging from ages 18 to 80 performed numerous songs for more than two hours. This concert band marked the 21st time performed at

READY Team supports 2d Bomb Wing during real world missions and exercise scenarios

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La.-- As Airmen from Barksdale prepare to deploy in support of contingencies across the globe, the Resource Augmentation Duty team briefs the deplorers on security, performs a 100 percent hand-carried luggage check and load their luggage onto the plane.The READY team is a

RAIDR 21 Remembrance

Children take full-swing on improving golf skills

The Fox Run Golf Course concluded its once-a-year golf lesson program for children ages eight to 17 years old June 26. This year there were two sessions with 27 children in each class. The clinic was a two-week long basic course held from June 15 through 26. Participants ranged from children who

New fire station to open soon

Barksdale's newest fire station, residing on the East Side, opens for occupancy by the end of this year. The site of the fire station was originally part of Capehart Military Housing. Fourteen units were demolished to allow development and construction of the fire station and the accompanying

Barksdale EOD Airman awarded Bronze Star

Vitabot: An online meal planning tool to help keep Airmen Fit to Fight

The Barksdale Fitness Center has a new pilot program to assist Airmen reach their fitness goals by tracking what and how much food they intake. The online tool, Vitabot, is an interactive nutrition training system that uses a food database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and guidelines from

Air Force officials announce Barksdale as Permanent location for Global Strike Command

Today Air Force officials announced Barksdale as the permanent location of Air Force Global Strike Command headquarters. The new major command will focus on the nuclear and global strike mission. "We have been selected as the official home of AFGSC which will be activated Aug. 7," said Col. Gerald

Children spend summer at church

More than 60 children attended Barksdale's Vacation Bible School June 9, 11, 16 and 18 at the Chapel 2 Annex. Catholic and Protestant religious education coordinators organized the four-day event to teach children about God. "We are offering a Bible School experience for children during non-school

Students read summer away

The summer reading program at the Barksdale Base Library began June 2 and runs until July 21. The SRP is designed to prevent summer learning loss and produce avid readers through a series of incentive-based games, reading contests and craft activities for children in sixth-grade and below. .On