• Meet your 2015 Global Strike Challenge Chef Competition Team!

    The Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and security forces competition between units from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard. This year marks the

  • Working overtime: Barksdale hustles to host evac'd aircraft

    While the B-52 Stratofortress owns the skies around Barksdale Air Force Base, spotting a fighter or tanker in the area is not uncommon.Barksdale often serves as a refueling stop for military aircraft and is an operations center for joint-force exercises like Green Flag. But on rare occasions, the

  • Barksdale soccer team kicks Worlds

    The Defenders Cup was a month away. The soccer players of Barksdale Football Club were hopeful but battered after losing eight starters to injuries and seeing a month without a victory.The tournament, held in San Antonio, Texas, is essentially the World Cup for the United States Armed Forces, and

  • Shelter from the storm: Barksdale welcomes East Coast visitors

    Hundreds of aircrew and a fleet of more than 65 aircraft including F-15E Strike Eagles and KC-135 Stratotankers arrived here, Oct. 1-2, to avoid potential damage from Hurricane Joaquin along the East Coast.The aircraft and their crews are from the 916th Air Refueling Wing and 4th Fighter Wing at

  • Nuclear platforms rally in the name of deterrence

    Air Force Global Strike Command hosted a two-day tour for intercontinental ballistic missile maintainers, operators and security forces Airmen here Sept. 28 - 29.The Higher Headquarters Professional Development Tour was designed to educate ICBM Airmen on both the nuclear and conventional

  • PRP changes streamline procedures

    The 2nd Medical Group Medical Treatment Facility will implement changes here Oct. 1 to simplify procedures for Personnel Reliability Program members.With the change, PRP members are no longer required to check in and out of the PRP clinic prior to medical appointments, nor will they wear a PRP badge

  • Barksdale kids deploy to Camp Kudos

    The morning of Sept. 26 began with an urgent phone call to each of more than 80 children: report immediately to Barksdale's Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell fitness center for a pre-deployment briefing.Upon arrival, each child was presented with orders to deploy to Camp Kudos in support of Operation

  • Runners take to flightline during annual community race

    Nearly 300 runners took flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 19, for the 2015 Half Marathon and 5K hosted by the 2nd Force Support Squadron.The event was open to the public, so local running enthusiasts and hobbyists joined service members and their families for the events.Participants