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Barksdale Field

Barksdale Air Force Base
Air Force Global Strike Command.svg
Part of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
Located near: Bossier City, Louisiana
Barksdale B-52 with American Flag.jpg
B-52H bomber tail number 60-0053 from the 2d Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. displays the American flag as it taxis out on a local training mission.
Coordinates 32°30′07″N 093°39′46″W / 32.50194°N 93.66278°W / 32.50194; -93.66278 (Barksdale AFB)
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1931
In use 1931 – present
Garrison information
Garrison 2d Bomb Wing.png 2d Bomb Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 166 ft / 51 m
Coordinates 32°30′07″N 093°39′46″W / 32.50194°N 93.66278°W / 32.50194; -93.66278Coordinates: 32°30′07″N 093°39′46″W / 32.50194°N 93.66278°W / 32.50194; -93.66278
Website barksdale.af.mil
Map
KBAD is located in Louisiana
KBAD
KBAD
Location of Barksdale Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 11,756 3,583 PEM
Sources: official website and FAA
Barksdale Field Historic District
Barksdale Air Force Base is located in Louisiana
Barksdale Air Force Base
Location Jct. of US 71 and West Gate Dr., Bossier City, Louisiana
Area 225 acres (91 ha)
Built 1931
Architectural style Other, French Revival
NRHP Reference # 92000332
Added to NRHP 13 April 1992

Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: BADICAO: KBADFAA LID: BAD) is a United States Air Force base which is located in northwest Louisiana, USA, in Bossier Parish, and is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale Air Force Base occupies over 22,000 acres of land east of Bossier City and along the southern edge of Interstate Highway 20.

The host unit at Barksdale is the 2d Bomb Wing (2 BW), the oldest Bomb Wing in the Air Force. It is assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command's (AFGSC) Eighth Air Force (8 AF). The 2 BW is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress bomber. It provides flexible, responsive, global combat capability, autonomously or in concert with other forces, and trains all Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Force Reserve Command Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crews. More than 15,000 active-duty, Air Force Reserve members and civilians make up Barksdale's workforce. About 44 B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are also assigned to the wing.

Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (1896–1926).

Units at Barksdale include the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2d Bomb Wing (2 BW). The 2d participated in Brig Gen Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing test (as the 2nd Bomb Group).F


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