• Natural Resources Office Fights War on Giant Salvinia

    Barksdale Air Force Base, La. - The Natural Resources Office has waged a war for over three years with an invasive aquatic species on Flag Lake known as Giant Salvinia. Recently, the Natural Resources Office received funding to start the eradication process of this aquatic plant, due to the harm it

  • Hunt Housing Improves Quality of Life with Renovations

    Barksdale AFB Family Housing began a $2.2 million dollar project to renovate the homes and neighborhood amenities for base residents earlier this year to improve the services provided, as well as the quality of life for the base community.

  • Barksdale 2016 Water Report

    BARKSDALE AFB WATER SYSTEMPublic Water Supply ID: LA1015022 Consumer Confidence ReportThe Water We Drink BARKSDALE AFB WATER SYSTEMPublic Water Supply ID: LA1015022 We are pleased to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report for the year 2016. This report is designed to inform you about the

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Off the phone or off the road

    Almost everyone has seen a driver distracted by a cell phone, but often don't realize that when you are the one distracted, that driver is you.

  • Airmen donate blood at the 2017 LifeShare Blood Drive

    An Airman squeezes a stress ball as he donates blood at the 2017 LifeShare Blood Drive at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 16, 2017. Approximately every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Sydney Bennett)

  • Military Affairs Council Announces 2017 Scholarship Winners

    The Military Affairs Council will present scholarships to 20 Airmen at the Barksdale Club, June 20, 2017.The MAC awards $1,000 scholarships to 20 deserving Airmen each year.The council started this program in light of the tuition assistance hiatus. After seeing the burden that the hiatus placed on

  • B-52 Stratofortresses execute Saber Strike 17 missions

    RAF FAIRFORD, U.K.— Three B-52H Stratofortresses and Airmen from U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command began conducting missions in support of Saber Strike 17 at Royal Air Force Fairford, United Kingdom, June 5, 2017.