Barksdale Air Force Base
Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana. Much of the base is within the city limits of Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge.Photo: USGS, Public domain.
- Type: Airbase
- Description: United States Air Force base near Bossier City, Louisiana
- Also known as: “BAD”, “Barksdale AFB”, “Barksdale Field”, and “KBAD”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bossier City and Shreveport.
Bossier City
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bossier City is the second-largest city in Northern Louisiana and the largest city in Bossier Parish. Home to Barksdale Air Force Base, which hosts several Air Force commands, as well as the backup landing site of Air Force One, Bossier City's recent history revolves largely around the U.S. military.
Shreveport
Shreveport is the largest city in Northern Louisiana, part of the twin city metro of Shreveport-Bossier City, and is considered the principal city in the three-state region known as the "Ark-La-Tex." It has about 188,000 residents, and is in the area of the state designated as the Sportsman's Paradise.
Barksdale Air Force Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Bossier, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Barksdale Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “Barksdale空軍基地”
- Chinese: “巴克斯代尔空军基地”
- Chinese: “巴克斯代爾空軍基地”
- Czech: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Czech: “Barksdaleova letecká základna”
- Czech: “Letecká základna Barksdale”
- Dutch: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- French: “BAD”
- French: “Barksdale AFB”
- French: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- French: “Barksdale”
- French: “base aérienne de Barksdale”
- French: “Base aérienne de Barksdale”
- German: “BAB”
- German: “Barksdale AFB”
- German: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- German: “KBAD”
- Hebrew: “בסיס בארקסדייל”
- Italian: “Barksdale AFB”
- Italian: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Japanese: “バークスデール空軍基地”
- Korean: “박스데일 공군기지”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barksdale flystasjon”
- Norwegian: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی بارکسدال”
- Russian: “Барксдейл (авиабаза)”
- Russian: “Барксдейл”
- Slovenian: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Spanish: “Barksdale AFB”
- Spanish: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea Barksdale”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea Barksdale”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Barksdale”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Barksdale”
- Swedish: “Barksdale Air Force Base”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Барксдейл”
- Ukrainian: “Авіабаза Барксдейл”
- Ukrainian: “Барксдейл (авіабаза)”
- Ukrainian: “Барксдейл”
- Urdu: “بارکسڈیل ایئرفورس بیس”
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