The displays include the items used by former President George W. Bush when he briefed the media from Barksdale on September 11, after the terrorist attacks that morning. Another new exhibit recreates the home of U. Army Air Corps Lt. Eugene Hoy Barksdale, for whom the base is named. All aircraft exhibits are located outdoors in a linear airpark along a paved sidewalk that runs from the building parking lot to the north. The distance from the parking lot to the northernmost aircraft, the KC, is about 2, feet.
On hot days, be sure to bring bottled water, and use sunscreen. Also located on the premises is a gift shop, featuring shirts, caps, airplane models, patches, photographs and many other items related to the Air Force, the Strategic Air Command, Barksdale AFB, and the Eighth Air Force.
Admission is free , but donations are accepted. The facility is staffed by volunteers, who do a great job of keeping it operating, with only limited funding.
That March, a flying squadron from Fort Crockett conducted aerial reconnaissance of the Cross Lake site. After completing on-the-ground and aerial surveys, the War Department rejected the Shreveport site.
It was too hilly, thus adding construction expense, and too wooded, presenting a flying hazard. It also was too limited in space to allow for future airfield expansion. Shreveport did not give up. The Citizens Committee became galvanized to find a suitable site, especially since it appeared the bid by Montgomery was being favorably considered.
Soon, Harris found flat and open land, and plenty of it. However, there were two challenges. First, the land was developed agricultural land mostly cotton fields and therefore could be more expensive to buy. Second, the proposed site was not in Caddo Parish; it was in an un-incorporated area of Bossier Parish.
Another Shreveport delegation of 12 civic and business leaders and Mayor Thomas visited the War Department with the Bossier site proposal. Immediately afterward, Army air officers visited the Bossier site. It met all Air Corps requirements. However, there was one small technicality.
Shreveport did not own the land. The Bossier site was composed of separate tracts involving some owners — obviously a challenge in clearing all titles. The intent was to allow Shreveport to overcome legal obstacles to acquiring the land and to allow it to expropriate the land from within or outside of Caddo Parish.
The statute also allowed a bond issue to seek approved from Shreveport voters to purchase the land and then allow the city authorization to donate the acquired land to the federal government for military use.
However, the original bill was not signed by O. Simpson, the outgoing governor, because it became invalidated due to a typographical error. Missing in the bill was specific wording allowing Shreveport to acquire acreage outside of Caddo Parish. He was Huey P.
Long, early in his administration, called for an extraordinary session of the state legislature for November to push through his, especially those items that candidate Long had campaigned about.
Long allowed the military airfield for Shreveport to be placed on the agenda if the Caddo Parish delegation to the state legislature supported his campaign promise of free textbooks for public school students in Louisiana. Textbook sellers were obviously opposed. Caddo Parish at the time was the largest producer of oil in Louisiana. Despite the opposition, there was a horse trade. Long got his free textbooks accepted by Caddo Parish. Shreveport got its military airfield.
On Nov. Trubee Davison, the assistant secretary of war, and Maj. Fetchet, chief of the Army Air Corps. They visited the Bossier site and liked it. Approximately 7, military personnel reside at the base. The complex will be a three-storey steel frame structure with features such as floor slabs, strengthened masonry walls, a sloped metal roof, wet sprinkler, fire alarms, telephone and energy monitoring systems.
Barksdale base was originally an airfield which became operational in November Its control was reassigned to the Air Training Command in July The base obtained its current name in January Control of the base was shifted to Strategic Air Command in November Operational control of the base was handed over to the Air Combat Command in June Our base operator's number is or DSN If you arrive by air, Shreveport Regional Airport is the airport at which you will arrive.
The airport is located at Hollywood Avenue, west of downtown Shreveport. Combined, there are more than 40 daily scheduled arriving and departing flights among the carriers at Shreveport. Along with the flights to seven direct destinations, travelers from Shreveport can connect to more than other domestic and international destinations through one-stop service at one of the cities listed above.
You have the option, if not met by your sponsor or another person from the base you contacted, of taking a taxi or rental car.
Taxi Companies and their contact numbers are:. Lyft and Uber offer transportation services from Shreveport Regional Airport. Passengers can meet their app-based ride service by exiting out of the baggage claim doors and proceeding right. The marked designated pick-up area is adjacent to the Rental Car Lot. There are six on-site rental car companies operate at Shreveport Regional Airport. Each company has a rental counter located on the lower level of the terminal building.
Rental cars are located in a lot adjacent to the southern end of the airport terminal, requiring only a short walk for customers to reach a rental car.
If you do choose to rent a vehicle, you will need to cross Hollywood Avenue to Monkhouse Drive. Take Exit 22, Airline Drive, turn right at the traffic light, go over the railroad tracks. Watch the traffic light, there is a turn arrow. Do not get caught in the middle of the intersection waiting for an opening or the signal to give you the turn arrow. Monday — Saturday. This gate is closed Sunday and Holidays.
After leaving I, follow the above directions except continue straight on Airline through the traffic light at Old Minden Road. Once you reach the second traffic light and the railroad tracks make a left turn onto Barksdale Blvd.
Stay in the left hand lane and be careful with your speed and distracted drivers! The guards will give you directions to Lodging or wherever you want to go on base.
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