Interesting happenings at Barksdale AFB, page 1
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Topic started on 14-7-2008 @ 05:06 PM by theQuest
I drive by Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, La. almsot daily, and have been doing so for the past 4 years. There are entire neighborhoods that surround this AFB. There are several roads that traverse the rear of the base, in some areas that is pretty much empty fields, with just a scattered building here and there. You rarely ever see anyone in these areas. However, over this past weekend, I was amazed to see not only guards patrolling the entire fence line of the complex, but they were armed as well. I started looking for signs of activity around the base that seemed out of the ordinary, and I noticed 2 things:
First, on the main entrance to the base, there are several lanes that you pull into to be checked at the guard stations. Usually there are 2 lanes for base visitors, and 2 lanes for the base personell. The traffic for the 2 lanes for the base personell normally just pull in, the guards glance at their base credentials on their windshields, and they roll on through, usually without ever coming to a complete stop. This weekend, however, they were stopping every base personell vehicle, and checking not only the window credentials, but AFB id's as well. What made it so noticeable is that the base entrance is located right on Barksdale Boulevard, and the cars were backing up enough to have the regular flow of traffic having to use the outside lanes to go around. That is the first time in 4 years of being around this base that I have seen that happening.
The second thing I noticed was the planes that were coming and going from the base. I do not know what exact models these planes are, but they look like the big "carriers" or "cargo" planes that perform what we call the "touch and go" practice routines every few days or so. A plane will take off, make a huge loop around the cities of Bossier City/Shreveport, come in on the runways, make contact with the landing strip and then lift back into the air again, repeating this manuever 20-30 times per training session. Pretty routine stuff. However, this time I noticed something really weird: The plane that was taking off and making the huge loop was not the same plane that was landing! It was a different plane each time! I started watching the plane come in, and note the numbers marked on the tail, and each time a different plane came in from the loop. Now I know what the first thing people would say is that " there are several planes performing the excercise at once" which would make sense, except for the fact that not only have I never in 4 years seen two planes perform this excercise at the same time, but I have friends that are stationed at the base who confirm that never do 2 planes perform this excercise at the same time, much less the 7 different planes that I noted while watching it. And I never seen the same plane twice. So what happened to the planes that I seen take off to make the loop? Where did they go to, and where did the planes that came in come from? Were they carrying cargo? And why is suddenly the entire base perimeter being patrolled by armed guards, especially in areas where normally there isn't even a person visible for entire day (the "rural" rear area of the base, mainly empty fields)? Pretty interesting stuff.....


reply posted on 14-7-2008 @ 05:33 PM by NGC2736
Now just because I'm not a trusting sort, my mind immediately went to this thread as having a possble connection:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Both in about the same lattitude, and fairly close, yet not really.

I'm not saying there is a connection. But any time there's a flurry of unusual activity, I always wonder what the reason is.



reply posted on 15-7-2008 @ 04:54 PM by antar
reply to post by MikeboydUS



Hi Boyd, did not know you are in the service, thankyou.

Now are you saying that perhaps the OP has just become a bit more aware than usual and that this activity he has tuned into is nothing to be concerned with or are you covering for my first impression which was , oh crap, just great if there is something going on, this dip just spilled the beans?

Also is there any possible chance it is connected to the above mentioned post? To the thread about moving data from Atlanta?

Again thankyou for keeping us safe and free.

[edit on 15-7-2008 by antar]


reply posted on 15-7-2008 @ 06:16 PM by MikeboydUS
reply to post by antar



I always feel weird when people thank me. Its been a dream of mine since I was a child to serve in the military. So its kind of like a dream come true. It doesn't make me impolite though. I do accept your thanks and you are welcome.

Personally I really doubt anything out of the ordinary is going on and probably has nothing to do with a data move from Georgia. Though Barksdale could be connected in a different way with any data move. Barksdale is the site of AFCYBER, Cyber Command, which may end up becoming a new MAJCOM located there. This is public knowledge, here's the wiki article: en.wikipedia.org...

and here's their website: www.afcyber.af.mil...


[edit on 15/7/08 by MikeboydUS]
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