Public Affairs

2ND BOMB WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

MISSION: Achieve wing and MAJCOM mission objectives through planned communication.

VISION: Mission, Airmen, Families – Connected to each other and the public

PRIORITIES:

1) Organize, train, and equip PA Airmen to accomplish the mission through communication

2) Provide leaders innovative, deliberate, and effective communication solutions to accomplish their missions.

3) Create sustainable communication processes to support base units and audiences

PA SECTIONS

Command Information

Communicate to base audiences with our team of award-winning videographers and photojournalists to educate Airmen, families, and other base audiences through traditional print, web-based, and social media outlets as well as the base marquee and Roll Call
Provide visual documentation for legal, security, and mission requirements
Operate the region’s sole DoD photo studio and produce official portraits for all military Services
Advance the unit’s mission through deliberate communication planning

Media Operations

Engage external/commercial media to inform the American public and global citizenry about the 2nd Bomb Wing and AFGSC missions.
Provide security and policy review for all public speeches, publications, etc.

Community Relations

Oversee the Honorary Commander program
Engage with local civic leaders and organizations (MAC, Chambers of Commerce) to connect the base and public

ACHIEVEMENTS

Commander in Chief Installation Excellence Award – PA specially recognized as an outstanding and innovative office
AF Media Awards 2017 -- 1st place award for team excellence in video production, six total AF awards
AFGSC Media Awards 2017 – Three Functional Airmen of the Year, six total AFGSC awards
DoD Media Awards 2016 – Two Functional Airmen of the Year, multiple total-product awards

(Current as of September 2018)

Contacts

Public Affairs

(318) 456-1015

Commander Action Line

Please Email 2bw.pa@us.af.mil

The Barksdale Warrior

The Barksdale Warrior is published each Friday by Gannett River States Publishing Company, DBA The Times, a private firm in no way connected with the Air Force.

To place classified ads in the Warrior, email the private publisher at warrior@gannett.com. Deadlines for display ads are Monday at noon for publication in the following Friday's edition.

Free classified ads are available for active-duty and retired military personnel and their families working, living or relocating to Barksdale Air Force Base, with the exception of ads for commercial gain. Deadlines for all classified ads are Tuesday at noon for publication in the following Friday's edition.

All paid advertising must be submitted to the newspaper publisher by calling (318) 459-3323.

Tour Information

Official base tours are offered to local civic, school and youth groups to educate about the U.S. Air Force and Barksdale Air Force Base missions. Tours are available to groups of 10 to 44 people (or the passenger capacity of one commercial bus if rented by a group). Tours are only available on Fridays and are scheduled based on a first-requested, first-served basis.

Tours are free of charge. Tours can be subject to last-minute cancellations due to mission requirements and resource availability. Final confirmations will be provided two weeks prior to the tour date.

Barksdale does not offer multiple-day tours and all tours last approximately four hours. No tours will be given on weekends or federal holidays or beyond normal duty hours. Tours are generally not available to retiree groups as these groups can already access the base and to allow for educating groups unfamiliar with our mission. Exceptions to these guidelines will only occur in very rare cases.

Public Affairs Forms

Submit all forms to the Public Affairs Organizational Mailbox at 2bw.pa@us.af.mil.

Installation Support
- Hometown News Release
- Multimedia Request
Community Engagement