• Booster Clubs Battle it out

    Barksdale hosted its first Battle of the Booster Clubs Bowling Competition June 4 at Barksdale Lanes. The Battle of the Booster Clubs is a nine-week long league, designed to give individuals the opportunity to earn money for their respective squadrons. "I wanted to participate in the Battle of the

  • Airmen's hearts bleed blue

    Fourteen Shreveport homes were given the Air Force treatment by teams of volunteers from Barksdale as they participated in Paint Your Heart Out Shreveport June 6. Teams from various base organizations and Shreveport businesses were assigned a house to paint, and were judged on the home's final

  • Barksdale dental residency graduates last "B" class

    The 2d Dental Squadron is hosting an advanced education in general dentistry residency graduation June 16 at the Barksdale Club. The AEGD residency is a highly competitive one-year, post-doctorate training program for active-duty Air Force dentists held at the 2d DS Clinic. Residents receive

  • Command Chief sprints to new assingment

    His day starts at 5:30 a.m., he cuts through the damp pre-dawn air the sound of his sneakers hitting the pavement is the only sound thats heard. He spends the rest of his day reviewing enlisted performance reports, decorations, discharge packages, physical training retention packages, going to

  • Chief Airey laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery

    Surrounded by family and friends, colleagues and fellow Airmen, the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Paul Airey was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 28. A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron provided a fly over during the ceremony to pay tribute to Chief

  • Maj. Gen. Carpenter takes the reins of the Mighty Eighth

    Eighth Air Force leadership changed hands June 1 when Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter assumed command from Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr., becoming the 48th commander of "The Mighty Eighth" Air Force. Gen. John D.W. Corley, Air Combat Command commander, presided over the ceremony, with Gen. Kevin

  • Team Barksdale Deploys to Guam

    Team Barksdale deployed more than 100 Airmen to Andersen Air Base, Guam May 27. The Airmen from various base units will spend four months at Andersen supporting the continuous bomber presence in the Pacific. According to 1st Lt. Warren Anderson, 2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron troop commander, the

  • 2d Maintenance Group change of command

    The director of logistics and mission support here for the past two years took command of the 2d Maintenance Group June 2 in a change-of-command ceremony at Hoban Hall. Col. Charles Johnson succeeds Col. Steven Shinkle, who is retiring to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, to work at Cooper High School as

  • Airmen salsa for Latin night

    More than 50 Latin enthusiasts showed up to support Barksdale's second Latin Night May 29 at The Stripes Club. Tech. Sgt. Nigel Skeete, 2d Maintenance Operation Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge of plans, scheduling and documentation and Senior Airman Juan Lopez, 2d Force Support Squadron

  • Instructors mold Airmen: Impact future of Air Force

    This article is part one of a series over special duty assignments. As new Air Force recruits quickly shuffle off the bus in the middle of the night, an aggressive, booming voice pulsates through the normally quiet squadron. "Get over here trainee," demands a sharp-uniformed Airman wearing a dark