Paint Your Heart Out Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, La. - Master Sgt. Wesley Clark, Headquarters Eighth Air Force, fixes electrical lines in a lamp post during the “Paint Your Heart Out Shreveport” project May 21. Almost a dozen members of the Eighth Air Force A4/7 participated in the Paint Your Heart Out Shreveport project, which provided a facelift to more than 50 homes throughout the city. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Meyers)

8 AF Headquarters renovations

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – This is how Building 5354 looked in 1934. The building is currently being renovated. A groundbreaking ceremony commemorating the $25 million renovation project was held Oct. 4. The renovations cover more than 77,000 square feet of office space and will transform the building into a 21st Century warfighting headquarters for Eighth Air Force. (Courtesy photo)

8 AF Headquarters renovations

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – Pat Cartwright, Sauer Inc. regional vice president; Darin Bailey, NAVFAC southeast resident engineer; Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, Eighth Air Force commander; Mayor Lorenz Walker, Bossier City, La., mayor; and Col. Timothy Fay, 2nd Bomb Wing commander, shovel the ceremonial first mound of dirt signifying groundbreaking ceremony on the $25 million renovation to the new Eighth Air Force Headquarters building on Barksdale Air Force Base Oct. 4. The renovation project covers more than 77,000 square feet of office space. Once completed, the headquarters will be equipped with the modern, state-of-the-art communications and information security systems needed to support one of our nation’s most important missions – the mission of nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

8 AF Headquarters renovations

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, Eighth Air Force commander, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony on the $25 million renovation to the new Eighth Air Force Headquarters building on Barksdale Air Force Base Oct. 4. The renovation project covers more than 77,000 square feet of office space. Once completed, the headquarters will be equipped with the modern, state-of-the-art communications and information security systems needed to support one of our nation’s most important missions – the mission of nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)