Barksdale Air Force Base (La.)
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Name (Hebrew)
בסיס חיל האוויר בארקסדייל (לואיזיאנה)
Name (Latin)
Barksdale Air Force Base (La.)
Other forms of name
United States. Air Force. Barksdale Air Force Base
United States. Barksdale Air Force Base
BAFB (La.)
Barksdale AFB (La.)
BAFB
Coordinates
-93.6628 -93.6628 32.5019 32.5019 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- 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 ( (Barksdale Air Force Base website, December 5, 2014:) )
- GNIS, viewed 21 January 2020(Barksdale Air Force Base; class: military; county: Bossier, Louisiana; 32°29ʹ45ʺN 93°36ʹ43ʺW, 32.4958714° -93.6118495°)
- Linebacker II, 2018:Title page (Barksdale AFB, Louisiana)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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, 1993) p. 31 (survived base closures of 1990s)
- LC database, 10/29/96(hdg.: United States. Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La.)
- LC premarc database, 10/29/96(hdg.: Barksdale Field, La.)