Barksdale Air Force Base

• Largest employer in the Shreveport-Bossier MSA
• Largest single site employer in Louisiana
• Annual payroll of $406.9 million
• Annual Economic Impact $675.7 million
• Employees
• 5,796 active duty military
• 1,646 reservists
• 1,981 civilians
• Barksdale medical care, commissary, and base exchange services support
• 6,204 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

Source: Barksdale AFB Public Affairs.