News Radio 710 KEEL » Barksdale Air Force Base http://710keel.com Depend On It! Sat, 25 May 2013 15:20:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Barksdale Fitness Center To Be Renamed In Honor Of Fallen Senior Airman Bryan Bell http://710keel.com/barksdale-fitness-center-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-fallen-senior-airman-bryan-bell/ http://710keel.com/barksdale-fitness-center-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-fallen-senior-airman-bryan-bell/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:50:24 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=146246 The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base is hosting a dedication ceremony in memory of Senior Airman Bryan Bell.

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]]> http://710keel.com/barksdale-fitness-center-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-fallen-senior-airman-bryan-bell/feed/ 0 Bryan Bell Memorial (USAF photo/Airman 1st Class Micaiah Anthony) Fleming & Vitter: Sequestration Likely; Unlikely to Affect Barksdale http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/ http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:11:32 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=142442 March 1st is a big day in Washington: it is Sequestration Day.  It is part two of the fiscal cliff debate.  Part one involved the nation's taxes and now part two involves the nation's spending.  If Congress does not come up with a spending cut plan by that date, automatic spending cuts would take effect, but the Louisiana representation in Washington says Barksdale may not be hurt

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]]> http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/feed/ 0 Alex Wong, Getty Images Combat Skyspot Memorial at Barksdale Rededicated http://710keel.com/combat-skyspot-memorial-at-barksdale-rededicated/ http://710keel.com/combat-skyspot-memorial-at-barksdale-rededicated/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:22:05 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=114164 The Combat Skyspot Memorial on Barksdale Air Force Base has been redicated -- nearly four years after it was first unveiled. The memorial recognizes nineteen members of the First Combat Evaluation Group who lost their lives in the war in Vietnam.

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]]> http://710keel.com/combat-skyspot-memorial-at-barksdale-rededicated/feed/ 0 BlackBerry photo by John lee Joint Chiefs of Staff Senior Advisor to Visit Barksdale http://710keel.com/joint-chiefs-of-staff-senior-advisor-to-visit-barksdale/ http://710keel.com/joint-chiefs-of-staff-senior-advisor-to-visit-barksdale/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:37 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=80673 U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC), will visit Barksdale AFB, La. May 20 - 23.

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]]> http://710keel.com/joint-chiefs-of-staff-senior-advisor-to-visit-barksdale/feed/ 0 Barksdale Air Force Base Change of Command at Barksdale Air Force Base http://710keel.com/change-of-command-at-barksdale-air-force-base/ http://710keel.com/change-of-command-at-barksdale-air-force-base/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:42:50 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=78720 The Second Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base is changing command today. The ceremony will take place at Hoban Hall at 9 am.

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]]> http://710keel.com/change-of-command-at-barksdale-air-force-base/feed/ 0 Col. Andrew Gebara photo from U.S. Air Force Thousands Enjoy Barksdale's Air Show with Thunderbirds [Photos] http://710keel.com/thousands-enjoy-barksdales-air-show-with-thunderbirds-photos/ http://710keel.com/thousands-enjoy-barksdales-air-show-with-thunderbirds-photos/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:50:31 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=72842 Thousands of people turned out for the Defenders of Liberty Air Show at Barksdale Air Force Base Saturday and Sunday. The feature act was the Air Force's elite Thunderbirds.

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]]> http://710keel.com/thousands-enjoy-barksdales-air-show-with-thunderbirds-photos/feed/ 0 Barksdale Air Show Thunderbirds photo by Elaine Etheridge Up, Up and Away: Defenders of Liberty at Barksdale[Photos][Videos] http://710keel.com/up-up-and-away-defenders-of-liberty-at-barksdalephotos/ http://710keel.com/up-up-and-away-defenders-of-liberty-at-barksdalephotos/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:44:52 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=72220 Barksdale Air Force Base is getting ready to unleash the Thunderbirds in what is being called the largest air show in the South Central United States.

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]]> http://710keel.com/up-up-and-away-defenders-of-liberty-at-barksdalephotos/feed/ 0 Elaine with Pilot Wyche Coleman Defenders of Liberty Air Show at Barksdale AFB http://710keel.com/defenders-of-liberty-air-show-at-barksdale-afb/ http://710keel.com/defenders-of-liberty-air-show-at-barksdale-afb/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:32:12 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=71924 The largest air show in the South-Central region of the U.S., hosted by Barksdale Air Force Base is scheduled to kick off this Saturday and Sunday.

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]]> http://710keel.com/defenders-of-liberty-air-show-at-barksdale-afb/feed/ 0 The Thunderbirds photo courtesy salthillairshow.com Air Show Traffic Flow http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic-flow/ http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic-flow/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:57:50 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=71348 The Barksdale Air Force Base Defenders of Liberty Air Show is this weekend, April 21st and 22nd -- and, as is usually the case, that means some traffic re-routing. The Bossier City Police Department will be out in force to help minimize traffic congestion for folks attending the air show

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]]> http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic-flow/feed/ 0 2012 BAFB Air Show Shreveport Gate Traffic Flow Map Defense Secretary to Visit Barksdale http://710keel.com/defense-secretary-to-visit-barksdale/ http://710keel.com/defense-secretary-to-visit-barksdale/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:25:20 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=54362 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to visit Barksdale Air Force Base Friday.

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]]> http://710keel.com/defense-secretary-to-visit-barksdale/feed/ 0 Official DoD photo President Targets Barksdale's A-10s http://710keel.com/president-targets-barksdales-a-10s/ http://710keel.com/president-targets-barksdales-a-10s/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:42:13 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=51366 A proposal today from the White House is not setting well with Fourth District Louisiana Congressman John Fleming.

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]]> http://710keel.com/president-targets-barksdales-a-10s/feed/ 0 World War II Veterans Invited to Lunch http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-veterans-invited-to-lunch/ http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-veterans-invited-to-lunch/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:05 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=46544 An open invitation is being extended to all World War II veterans and their families to have lunch at Barksdale Air Force Base next month.

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]]> http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-veterans-invited-to-lunch/feed/ 0 Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Barksdale Airman Killed in Afghanistan http://710keel.com/barksdale-airman-killed-in-afghanistan/ http://710keel.com/barksdale-airman-killed-in-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:14:55 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=44037 A Barksdale Air Force Base Airman has reportedly been killed in Afghanistan. KSLA-TV reports that 23-year-old Bryan Bell died yesterday, after he was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device. Bell was a member of an elite "Explosive Ordinance Division" -- or Bomb Squad -- based at Barksdale

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]]> http://710keel.com/barksdale-airman-killed-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 WORLD WAR II LUNCH 24 FEB 2012 BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-lunch-24-feb-2012-barksdale-air-force-base/ http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-lunch-24-feb-2012-barksdale-air-force-base/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:22:19 +0000 amykeller http://710keel.com/?p=42026

 Barksdale AFB is hosting a luncheon for World War II veterans, our nation’s greatest generation. It will be at Hoban Hall on Friday 24 February at 11 am with much military pageantry including WW II veterans led by a bagpiper thru the Cordon of Swords

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]]> http://710keel.com/world-war-ii-lunch-24-feb-2012-barksdale-air-force-base/feed/ 0 Air Show Traffic http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic/ http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 16:20:18 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=5327 With the Air Show going on at Barksdale Air Force Base this weekend, there will also be some traffic rerouting. When the gates to Barksdale open at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, traffic entering the base will run its normal route

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]]> http://710keel.com/air-show-traffic/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of BAFB website (from 2010 Air Show)