Barksdale Air Force Base News

Army Spec. Joey A. Wardell has completed the Warrior Transition Course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

Cara Light chats with Dennis Fritz about the much appreciated assistance she and her husband, Staff Sgt.

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley knows every commander doesn't agree with every decision he makes or supports, but he doesn't think anyone is going over his head trying to get things changed.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz thanks Staff Sgt. David Flowers for service to the nation June 22 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Sergeant Flowers was awarded a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and a Combat Action Medal during a ceremony at the hospital.

A B-52 Stratofortress fighter plane will be flying over Sheboygan's Deland Park and the South Pier District on Saturday as part of the Independence Day festivities in the city.

NE09 participants will practice tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with defensive counter-air, close air support, and personnel-recovery missions.

Military leaders from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps expect the Defense Department's new unified Cyber Command to rationalize military cybersecurity efforts.

The majority of the engineering work will be done in Wichita, said Boeing Wichita spokesman Jarrod Bartlett said today.The remainder will be done at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma and at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La.

A new 'Veterans Avenue of Flags' will be dedicated in Bossier City on Independence Day.

Three top leadership slots at the new Global Strike Command at Barksdale Air Force Base have been filled, according to a news release from the Air Force chief of staff.

The 96th BS brought three B-52H Stratofortress' here from Barksdale to train in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and over the Gulf of Alaska with Navy, Marine, Army and Air Force units.

No, GM's announced closure of the local assembly plant can't be spun as anything but sobering news.

In action over the past few days, the U.S. Senate has confirmed promotions and new assignments for current and former Barksdale Air Force Base officers.

The third annual Air Force Cyberspace Symposium in Shreveport ended Thursday with a flurry of presentations by industry specialists and military planners in cyber realms, even as good news that Barksdale Air Force Base cinched Global Strike Command headquarters spread across the city.

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE - The new Global Strike Command being installed at Barksdale Air Force Base has passed an environmental assessment, allowing the command to move forward.

It's a done deal: Barksdale Air Force Base will be home of the service's newest major division, Global Strike Command, the state's lawmakers have been told.

Bossier City and Shreveport leaders - including some who were leery of President Obama's stimulus plan at first - are ready to start spending.

Bruce Carlson, a former head of the 8th Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base, Friday was named 17th director of the National Reconnaissance Office by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

As she has ridden across the open roads of the American west on her BMW motorcycle, Amy Rubin said she has had a lot of time to reflect on the sacrifices of others.

As part of the military's efforts to maintain stability and security in the Western Pacific about 300 airmen and three B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana are on Guam for a rotational bomber deployment.