Barksdale Air Force Base (La.)

Scope Note: Geographic heading: Barksdale Air Force Base (La.) Geographic subdivision usage: Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base Variant(s): United States. Barksdale Air Force Base United States. Air Force. Barksdale Air Force Base BAFB (La.) Barksdale AFB (La.) See also: Barksdale Field (La.) Beginning date: 1948-01-13 Associated country: United States Associated place: Louisiana Bossier Parish (La.) Type of jurisdiction: Military bases Found in: The Barksdale Air Force Base Historic District [MI] 1995: p. 7 (Barksdale Air Force Base (BAFB), LA) p. 15 (was once the world’s largest air base; 34-square mile base, ca. 2 miles east of Shreveport, LA; opened as Barksdale Field, Feb. 2, 1933) p. 31 (survived base closures of 1990s) GNIS, viewed 21 January 2020 (Barksdale Air Force Base; class: military; county: Bossier, Louisiana; 32°29ʹ45ʺN 93°36ʹ43ʺW, 32.4958714° -93.6118495°) LC database, 10/29/96 (hdg.: United States. Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La.) LC premarc database, 10/29/96 (hdg.: Barksdale Field, La.) Barksdale Air Force Base website, December 5, 2014: Fact sheet page (named in honor of Lt. Eugene Hoy Barksdale, US Air Corps; Barksdale Field was dedicated on February 2, 1933; renamed Barksdale Air Force Base on January 13, 1948) http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=4409&page=1 Linebacker II, 2018: Title page (Barksdale AFB, Louisiana) Wikipedia, viewed 21 January 2020 (Barksdale Air Force Base; named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (1895-1926), who flew with the British during World War I; redesignated from Barksdale Field in 1948) Geographic area code: n-us-la

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