Three Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers sit on the flight-line at Barksdale Air Force Base during 2012.
Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) (IATA: BAD, ICAO: KBAD, FAALID: BAD) is a United States Air Force base in northwest Louisiana, United States, in Bossier Parish. It is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale Air Force Base occupies more than 22,000 acres (89 km2) east of Bossier City and along the southern edge of Interstate 20.[2] More than 15,000 active-duty and Air Force Reserve members serve at Barksdale.