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Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) (IATA: BAD, ICAO: KBAD, FAA LID: BAD) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana. Much of the base is within the city limits of Bossier City, Louisiana , along the base's western and northwestern edge. [ 2 ]
517th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron Later: England Air Force Base (1950-1992) Now: Alexandria International Airport. Esler Field, Pineville; 333d Air Base Group Now: Esler Regional Airport. Lake Charles Army Air Field, Lake Charles; Gulf Coast Training Center, 1942 82d Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron Later: Lake Charles ...
The Shreveport Sun is the area's primary African American newspaper. [159] Across the Red River, Shreveport's sister city of Bossier City is served by the daily Bossier Press-Tribune. The Barksdale Warrior is the weekly newspaper of record for the Barksdale Air Force Base.
SHREVEPORT, La. – A Southwood High School alumnus who serves as the 18th Air Force Commander at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois will soon be honored by the City of Shreveport.
LSU Health Shreveport and Air Force Global Strike Command have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to study the B-52 Aircrews experience on deployments.
Part of the museum's collection, including a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F, an Avro Vulcan B.2, a Boeing KC-97G/L Stratofreighter, and a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Barksdale Global Power Museum (formerly, the 8th Air Force Museum) is an aviation museum run by the United States Air Force on Barksdale Air Force Base near Bossier City, Louisiana.
The city of Shreveport annexed the land and donated it to the federal government. Through the years, Bossier City expanded, eventually encompassing the area surrounding the base. The first unit assigned to Barksdale was the 20th Pursuit Group. Before World War II, Barksdale was a training school for the Army Air Corps.
•7603d Air Base Squadron (9-1-1956), reasignado como 3974th Air Base Squadron desde el 1 de enero de 1957. •431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (1958-1964) •3974th Air Base Group, (1958-1965) •874th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, (1959-1965) •7602d Support Wing, (1960) •7472d Combat Support Group, (1964-1970)