Barksdale Air Force Base
- Largest employer in the Shreveport-Bossier MSA
- Largest single site employer in Louisiana
- Annual Payroll of $288.6 million
- Employees
- 6,231 active duty military
- 1,638 reservists
- 1,937 civilians
- Barksdale medical care, commissary, and base exchange services support
- 6,154 active duty family members
- 40,000 retirees and their family members
- 2nd Bomb Wing host unit
- B-52 Stratofortress operations
- B-52 bomber crew training
- 8th Air Force headquarters - comprises nearly 500 aircraft and 80 major installations worldwide
- 917th Wing - composite wing flies both the B-52 and the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet
- Base land allocation
- 4,000 acres of developed area
- 18,000 acres of undeveloped area with 1,400 acres of reclaimed wetlands
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