Location: Barksdale AFB is located in the Northwest corner of Louisiana, which centrally locates the base and the metropolitan area of Shreveport and Bossier City with other major cities in Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Interstate 20 runs East to West through the center of both cities and connects us to Dallas, Texas, which is 185 miles west; Little Rock, Arkansas, which is 175 miles northeast; Jackson, Mississippi, which is 220 miles east; and of course Interstates 49S and 10E connect us with the "Big Easy", New Orleans, Louisiana, which is 300 miles southeast of the Ark-La-Tex.
Major Command: Air Combat Command, HQ 8AF, HQ 2BW, HQ 917 FW(Reserves and Air National Guard)
Primary Weapon Systems: B-52, A-10
Mission: The 2D Bomb Wing provides global combat capability and trains all B-52 crews.
Population assigned-served: 45,832 Active Duty Officer: 1,013 Active Duty Enlisted: 5,455 Family Members: 9,920 Retirees: 28,358 Civilian Employees: 1,086 Reserve Component Officers: 197 Reserve Component Enlisted: 1414
Telephone Access: All numbers listed are in the 318 area code. Barksdale: DSN 781-xxxx; Commercial 318-456-xxxx. From on base for off base line dial 99 first then the number, phoning strictly on base use 6-xxxx.
History:
The base is named in honor of Lt Eugene Hoy Barksdale, U.S. Army Air Corps, who lost his life August 11, 1926, while flight testing an observation-type plane over Wright-Field, Dayton, Ohio. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
BARKSDALE - FROM COTTON FIELDS TO AWESOME GLOBAL POWER!
The dedication of Barksdale Field February 2, 1933, marked the culmination of a concerted community action that has spawned into a continuing mutual and respected relationship between the base and the communities of Shreveport and Bossier City.
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