• Air Force Band conducts music workshop for Bossier Parish students

    Bossier Parish students applaud members of the Gateway Brass, the brass ensemble of the United States Air Force Band of the West, during a Bossier Instructional Center music workshop in Bossier City, La., Sept. 20, 2018. Students from three different schools in the parish attended the workshop.

  • Force protection update to impact gate traffic

    A development to enhance Force Protection measures here is slated to begin Sept. 24, 2018. The project, which will be completed at west gate, is estimated to last until Oct. 12. The construction team will be updating base security by installing removable bollards.

  • COMMENTARY: Batman

    “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me” Batman

  • COMMENTARY: Looking back, moving forward

    At times, being the youngest branch in America’s military can make our history seem less significant when compared to the Army, Navy and Marines. Older branches have a heritage different from ours. They might be strong and deep-rooted, but we are young and ground-breaking.

  • Managing a Hurricane Evacuation

    Bombers, fighters and refuelers filled the flight line as they seek refuge from force of nature named Hurricane Florence. After the all-clear from their home bases, they departed just as organized as they arrived.

  • Green Flag East applies combat training to evacuation efforts

    As U.S. military assets in the path of Hurricane Florence evacuate, Air Combat Command's detachment on Barksdale, the 548th Combat Training Squadron Green Flag East, apply skills learned from combat exercises to aid in evacuation efforts.Green Flag personnel use their experiences hosting fighter

  • A fuels family

    With a large tube not easily moved from the back of the truck into a manhole in the flight line, aviation fuel is pushed out from the underground piping system beneath the base, into the truck and then into the fuel tank of the aircraft.

  • Barksdale supports HUREVAC

    For the fourth consecutive year, Team Barksdale provided refuge to Airmen and aircraft seeking shelter from potential hurricane damage.More than 200 personnel and 60 aircraft, including KC-135 Stratotankers and F-15E Strike Eagles, from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived here

  • Protecting your eyes

    Air Force optometry clinics perform thorough examinations to ensure that Airmen can maintain their sharp focus.