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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 ]
The 26th Operational Weather Squadron is responsible for producing and disseminating mission planning and execution weather analyses, forecasts, and briefings for Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Guard, Reserve, USSTRATCOM, and USNORTHCOM forces operating at 134 DoD installations and facilities in those states, providing weather intelligence to protect over 160 billion dollars in assets.
Diagram of the "Christmas Tree" at the former Glasgow Air Force Base, with the mole hole in the lower right-hand corner.. A mole hole, officially designated the Readiness Crew Building (RCB), [1] is a type of structure built by the United States Air Force at former Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases around the country during the 1950s and 1960s.
As a result, the 917th Troop Carrier Group was established at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana on 17 January 1963, [1] as the headquarters for the 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, which had been stationed there since March 1958. [4]
The 20th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the 2d Operations Group of the United States Air Force located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 20th is equipped with the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress . Formed in May 1917 as the 20th Aero Squadron , the squadron saw combat in France on the World War I Western Front .
The 917th Fighter Group (917 FG) is an inactive Air Force Reserve Command unit that was last assigned to the 442d Fighter Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana 7 November 1949 (deployed to RAF Lakenheath, England 16 May - 1 December 1950; RAF Brize Norton, England 8 December 1952 – 6 March 1953; Sidi Slimane Air Base, French Morocco 14 February - 15 April 1954) Lockbourne Air Force Base (later Rickenbacker Air Force Base), Ohio 15 March 1965 – 30 September 1979
Its current assignment is with the 53d Wing, based at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an Air Combat Command (ACC) unit tasked to support and conduct operational testing for the B-52.