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Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) 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.〔(USAF Barksdale AFB Factsheet ), effective 2015-11-12〕 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 B-52 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== 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〔(Barksdale AFB – Units )〕 Components of the 2d Bomb Wing are: * 2d Operations Group (Tail Code: "LA") * * 11th Bomb Squadron (B-52H) "Mr. Jiggs", Gold Tail Stripe * * 20th Bomb Squadron (B-52H) "Buccaneers", Blue Tail Stripe * * 96th Bomb Squadron (B-52H) "Devil's Own", Red Tail Stripe * * 2d Operations Support Squadron * 2d Mission Support Group * 2d Maintenance Group * 2d Medical Group The commander of the 2d Bomb Wing is Colonel Kristin Goodwin. She also functions as the installation commander of Barksdale Air Force Base. The vice commander is Colonel Leland Bohannon. Other assigned units at Barksdale are: * Air Force Global Strike Command * Headquarters, Eighth Air Force * 307th Bomb Wing (Air Force Reserve Command) (Tail Code: "BD") * * 93d Bomb Squadron (B-52H) "Indian Outlaws", Blue/Gold Chex Tail Stripe * * 343d Bomb Squadron (B-52H) * 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron * Det 13 ACC TRSS * 8th Information Warfare Flight * 26th Operational Weather Squadron The base is closed to the public. However, the base is home to the Eighth Air Force Museum, which hosts static displays of numerous aircraft including a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber, B-24, B-17, P-51, SR-71, F-111, and multiple versions of the B-52. There is an annual open house when non-DoD visitors are allowed. Visitors may also tour the museum from 9:30 am to 4 pm every day except official holidays. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barksdale Air Force Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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