Military Facilities in Louisiana - Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Louisiana, Forts in Louisiana, Hammond, Louisiana (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Louisiana, Forts in Louisiana, Hammond, Louisiana, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Fort Polk, England Air Force Base, Los Adaes, Beauregard Regional Airport, Chennault Air Force Base, Camp Ruston, Esler Airfield, Camp Claiborne, Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Lafayette Regional Airport, Monroe Regional Airport, Fort Jesup, New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Fort St. Philip, Camp Livingston, Fort Jackson, Louisiana, Houma Air Force Station, Lake Charles Air Force Station, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Fort Pike, Camp Beauregard, Spanish Fort, New Orleans, Fort New Richmond, Fort Beauregard, Fort DeRussy, Naval Air Station New Iberia, Fort Macomb, Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Fort Proctor, Camp Parapet, Fort De La Boulaye Site, Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Fort des Natchitoches. Excerpt: Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: BAD, ICAO: KBAD, FAA LID: BAD) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4.72 miles (7.60 km) east-southeast of Bossier City, Louisiana. 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, and 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 B-52 crews. Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (1896-1926). The 2d Bomb Wing is commanded by Col. Timothy Fay. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Ma...