• Barksdale Airmen Ministries provide meals for Thanksgiving

    Debra Henderson, Barksdale Airmen Ministries volunteer, prepares a meal for an essential personnel working on base during Thanksgiving at the Chapel II annex, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 24, 2016. More than 70 meals were delivered to various squadrons across the base. (U.S. Air Force

  • FTAC offers keys to new doors

    Airmen assimilating to their first base may become stressed and have a hard time focusing at work because they’re integrating into a new way of life.

  • Barksdale youth have fun with robotics

    Barksdale youth program commands for their robot at the youth center at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 12, 2016. The goal was to program the robots to run a certain path that was marked on the floor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

  • Shreveport hosts Veterans Parade

    A veteran attends the Veterans Parade at the State Fair of Louisiana in Shreveport, Nov. 13, 2016. Veterans Day is a federal holiday celebrated Nov. 11, during which Americans honor those who have served in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg)

  • Rise from the ashes: Barksdale Airman recovers from house fire

    Most people will never have to watch helplessly as roaring flames and black smoke reduce their home and possessions to a heap of ashes. When tragedy struck the family of Senior Airman Kitana Grable, 2nd Security Force Squadron installation access controller, her mother and three siblings were left

  • U.S. Strategic Command welcomes Hyten as new commander

    Gen. John E. Hyten assumed command of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) from Adm. Cecil D. Haney during a change of command ceremony here, Nov. 3.Hyten previously served as commander of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., from Aug. 2014 to Oct. 2016. While there, he

  • Exercise Global Thunder 17 concludes

    Global Thunder 17 is an annual U.S. Strategic Command-sponsored command post and field training exercise designed to provide training opportunities and to test and validate command, control and operational procedures. AFGSC supports U.S. Strategic Command's global strike and nuclear deterrence

  • Firefighters stop the burn

    Master Sgt. Scott Strobel, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of compliance, watches an aircraft live fire burn from the control tower at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 27, 2016. Strobel controlled what areas of the aircraft were ignited and when. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alexis C.

  • Football season kicks off at Barksdale

    Jerod Weddle, 2nd Maintenance Squadron football team quarterback, airs it out for the endzone at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 25, 2016. The 2nd MXS beat 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron 33-0. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)