• Commissary continues construction, update of facilities

    Even though the new, state-of-the-art commissary has been open for business since September 2007, the facility is still undergoing construction. "Our produce department has really been challenged since our grand opening in September," said Mr. Robert Buras, commissary store director. "The distance

  • 48 years old...and perfect

    A pair of Barksdale maintainers earned a rare honor on Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Benjamin Norton and Airman 1st Class Jason Edwards, dedicated crew chief and assistant crew chief respectively, of B-52 tail # 60-0021, signed off on a "black letter initial" jet. "Sergeant Norton placed his initial over the

  • ACC announces 2007 Media Contest winners

    Air Combat Command announced on Thursday the winners of the 2007 ACC Public Affairs Achievement Awards and Media Contest. Following the merger of multimedia communication and public affairs career fields in 2007, this year's awards program included the full communications capability of public

  • Coast Guard and Air Force team together to transport vitamins

    A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules landed here Thursday evening with a generator and 1,053,800 vitamins for local schools and an orphanage, donated by Vitamins for the World and Extreme Response International. Bob Eredics, director of Vitamins for the World, based in Bradenton, Fla., was part of an

  • Airman's attic reopens

    Barksdale's Airman's Attic and Loan Locker have reopened from 2-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the former Franks Sub Shop located next to the Stripes Lounge here. Both services were closed in November 2007 after being run by the Airman and Family Readiness Center for seven years. "The Airman and

  • Virtual assistant class offered to spouses on base

    Military spouses face unique career challenges resulting from a lifestyle that often involves frequent relocations--sometimes to remote, isolated posts, high-cost areas, and areas where the prospects for employment are less than ideal. These moves, necessary though they may be, not only impact

  • National Prayer Breakfast 2008

    We are faced with a number of uncertainties; a changing mission at Barksdale, Will Cyber Command become permanent here? With the future of increased deployments of our airmen, how will we conduct our mission day to day? Times such as these remind us of our individual and collective dependence upon

  • Legal opportunities for CGOs

    Captains and Lieutenants, Did you know that the Air Force offers its junior officers an opportunity to compete for a program where you remain on active duty but attend a civilian law school? Not only do you continue to receive your pay and benefits, but you also receive funds to attend a civilian