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Barksdale Air Force Base (La.)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96056464

Codes

n-us-la

Variants

United States. Barksdale Air Force Base
United States. Air Force. Barksdale Air Force Base
BAFB (La.)
Barksdale AFB (La.)

Additional Information

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no96056464

Descriptor
Associated Locale
Associated Locale
Associated Locale

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno+96056464#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Barksdale Air Force Base Label from public data source Wikidata
Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base

Earlier Established Forms

Barksdale Field (La.)

Sources

found: 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)

found: GNIS, viewed 21 January 2020(Barksdale Air Force Base; class: military; county: Bossier, Louisiana; 32°29ʹ45ʺN 93°36ʹ43ʺW, 32.4958714° -93.6118495°)

found: LC database, 10/29/96(hdg.: United States. Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La.)

found: LC premarc database, 10/29/96(hdg.: Barksdale Field, La.)

found: Barksdale Air Force Base website, December 5, 2014: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) - http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=4409&page=1

found: Linebacker II, 2018:Title page (Barksdale AFB, Louisiana)

found: 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)

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Change Notes

1996-10-29: new

2024-04-05: revised

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