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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 ]
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Together, I-220 and LA 3132 were both planned together as a full loop of Shreveport. However, because of Barksdale Air Force Base being in the way of the proposed route of the southeast quadrant, the two highways were both split into their respective designations and LA 3132 being truncated.