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Six Wounded Warriors Headed to Bossier City Next Weekend – Can You Help Them?

Angela Thomas — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:26:25 +0000

Six soldiers from around the country are coming to Shreveport-Bossier next weekend for a Wounded Warrior Deer Hunt at Barksdale Air Force Base...and they need your help.

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Barksdale Leaders Say Husband and Wife Involved in Clarence Street Shooting Are Staff Sergeants

Angela Thomas — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:38:28 +0000

BAFB releases statement about yesterday morning's shooting on Clarence.

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Woman Asks Husband to Shoot Her So She Can Avoid Military Deployment

Angela Thomas — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:00:40 +0000

Woman convinces husband to shoot her so she wouldn't have to deploy with the Air Force.

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Eighth Air Force Museum Association Announces Date for Spring Dinner

Angela Thomas — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:05:37 +0000

A date has been set for the Eighth Air Force Museum Association Distinguished Speaker Series Dinner. Officials at Barksdale Air Force Base say the spring dinner is scheduled for May 12th at the Eldorado Resort Casino in Shreveport

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Senator Vitter On KEEL Morning News Today [AUDIO]

James Stanley — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:59:10 +0000

U.S. Senator David Vitter was a guest this morning on KEEL Morning News with James Stanley & Anne Moore. James spoke with the Senator about the proposed Pentagon cuts that will eliminate a squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, about how he feels about the Republican Presidential hopefuls and high gasoline prices.

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Thunderbirds Are Coming Back

Erin McCarty — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:43:04 +0000

You might want to mark these days on your calendar. April 21-22nd will be the "Defender's of Liberty" air show at Barksdale this year.

Even greater news is that the Air Force Thunderbirds will return to entertain the crowd. More than 200 thousand people are expected to attend this year's event. The Thunderbirds were he

Train Hits Van in Bossier City

James Stanley — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:32:31 +0000

Traffic was a mess along Barksdale Boulevard, near the entrance to Barksdale Air Force Base’s west gate around midday Monday afternoon.

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You Might See Lots Of Smoke At Barksdale Today

Erin McCarty — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:41:35 +0000

You might see lots of smoke out at Barksdale Air Force Base today. There's no need to worry.

The base is conducting a controlled burn on the East Reservation between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Firefighters will closely monitor the fires to make sure they don't get out of control

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Community Reaches Out To Barksdale Airmen

Robert and Erin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:20:35 +0000

A great Christmas gift for several Barksdale Airmen.

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Global Strike Challenge Going On

James Stanley — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:53:28 +0000

Air Force Global Strike Command’s second annual Global Strike Challenge missile, bomb and security forces competition will culminate with the score posting finale here, Nov. 8-9.

Team and individual awards will be presented to those teams with the highest performance scores among Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, UH-1N Huey and security forces units

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Local Veteran Gets Help from Fuller Center Volunteers

Angela Thomas — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:36:19 +0000

A local Army veteran gets a little help this weekend. 90-year-old Frank Vaccaro fought in, and nearly died at, the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. And tomorrow, he'll have his house painted by volunteers from the Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana

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Credit Union Armed Robbery Suspects In Custody

James Stanley — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:59:56 +0000

Bossier City Police have arrested three men and one woman in connection with this morning’s armed robbery of the Barksdale Federal Credit Union drive thru building in the 2700 block of Douglas Drive.

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Senator To Visit Barksdale Today

emccarty — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:37:12 +0000

Senator Mary Landrieu is headed to town today. She will visit Barksdale Air Force Base. The visit has a two-fold purpose.
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Shuttle Columbia at Barksdale 29 Years Ago

John Lee — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:47:55 +0000

With the shuttle Endeavor now in the midst of the final mission of the space shuttle program, I thought it might be interesting to take a trip down memory lane to April 8, 1982.
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Eighth Air Force Commander

John Lee — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:35:34 +0000

A General now at the Pentagon will be the next commander of the mighty 8th Air Force.
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Air Show Traffic

Angela Thomas — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:20:18 +0000

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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Major Barksdale Weekend Event Re-Scheduled for Late May

James Stanley — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:16:03 +0000

The TOPS in BLUE “Rhytm Nation” tour scheduled for Saturday, April 30th at Barksdale AFB has been canceled. It's been rescheduled for May 25th. Doors will open at Hoban Hall at 6 pm and the show will start at 7 pm that night.
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Global Strike Expanding Again

John Lee — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:43:02 +0000

The United States Air Force has announced plans to transfer the munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Air Force Materiel Command to Air Force Global Strike Command over the next twelve months.
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Major Drug Bust In Bossier City, Four Jailed

James Stanley — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:38:01 +0000

An 8-month long investigation by the Bossier City Police Department’s Division of Special Investigations, the FBI Violent Crime Task Force and the Louisiana State Police into the illegal sales of cocaine and marijuana in the Barksdale Annex neighborhood has resulted in the arrest of four people
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