Talk:Barksdale Air Force Base

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[edit] Wing name format: 2d Bomb Wing vs Second Bomb Wing

See how they are at List of Wings of the USAF.

From the official history:

The “Mighty Eighth” Air Force, of World War II fame, is headquartered at the base. Barksdale is home to the 2d Bomb Wing, 2d Operations Group, 2d Maintenance Group, 2d Mission Support Group, the 2d Medical Group, Eighth Air Force Museum (which maintains the historical aircraft and artifacts that grace the base) and the Air Force Reserve’s 917th Wing.

It appears to be only Numbered Air Forces that use the spelled out number form. See Eighth Air Force and Fourteenth Air Force.

Official biographies also use the 2d Bomb Wing form. --Pmsyyz 18:55, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nuclear missile transfer.

I am not sure if this belongs, but possibly a mention of the nuclear missile transfer to this base last Thursday belongs here. sources are: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6980204.stm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295797,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/loose.nukes/index.html If there is already an entry for this, please just disregard the suggestion. Mad Gouki 01:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I just found there's already a wiki article referring to the incident. For more info, see 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident - Ageekgal 05:55, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sections

Fantastic job on new sections!! LanceBarber (talk) 20:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)