Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base

[Nevilledog]

https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/sophisticated-drones-attacked-louisianas-barksdale-bomber-base/

Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, in Bossier Parish not far from Shreveport, was attacked by drone swarms during the week of March 9. The attack disrupted B-52H aircraft launches in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. It is the first time a US airbase was temporarily put out of operation in wartime, something that never happened even in World War II.

Each wave forced the Air Force to halt operations and send its personnel to shelters. Barksdale is the command hub of the US Air Force Global Strike Command. Not only are B-52s based there, but the base is part of America’s nuclear triad. It shelters long range nuclear cruise missiles (such as the AGM-86B) and will soon house a new Long Range Standoff cruise missile. Shelters and storage sites for the new missiles are under construction.

The only other significant US airbase for B-52s is in Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Both bases are supporting Epic Fury. The aircraft can either fly to the UK and then on to Iran, or (as they did during the period when the UK blocked them) fly directly from Barksdale to Iran, a very long mission requiring eight in-air refuelings.

The drone waves lasted around four hours each day, an extraordinarily long loiter time for a drone. It is not known if the drones were fixed wing or quadcopter types, or how they were powered (liquid fuel or electrical). Each wave consisted of 12 to 15 drones, and the drones flew with their lights on, intentionally making them visible.

Barksdale AFB does not have air defenses, nor does it have fighter jets that can take down drones.

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Haven't seen any mention of this in the MSM

[Swede]

1. Well I hope the powers that be can solve this.

This can knock out 1/3 of the nuclear triad.

[BigMin28]

2. Sounds suspicious

to me.

[Nevilledog]

3. Here's another article

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/drone-warfare-has-come-to-the-united-states

[BigMin28]

4. I don't doubt the story

Just the source of the drones. It would be a dream come true for Stinky.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Was it really an "attack"

Sounds more like a disruption.

No description of the drones or confirmation of whether they were armed with anything more than cameras.

I read a report today that bloggers are posting drone footage of US bombers arriving and departing airfields in the UK, so perhaps this is related?

[leftstreet]

6. DURec

It was posted by ABC news last week, but that's the only other place I've seen it.

That's the base little George Bush Jr sheltered at on 9/11

'Multiple waves' of unauthorized drones recently spotted over strategic US Air Force base

Lights on the drones suggested the operators may be testing security responses.
ByJosh Margolin and Aaron Katersky
March 20, 2026, 3:36 AM

A drone sighting that temporarily raised alarms at one of the United States Air Force’s largest and most strategic airfields earlier this month was more extensive, and potentially more dangerous, than first reported, according to a confidential internal briefing document reviewed by ABC News.

Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana said it was under a shelter-in-place order March 9 after “a report of an unmanned aerial system operating over the installation.”

The sighting raised concerns because Barksdale houses long-range B-52 bombers and plays a critical role in command and control of the Air Force nuclear defense capabilities.

https://abcnews.com/International/multiple-waves-unauthorized-drones-spotted-strategic-us-air/story?id=131245527&cid=social_twitter_abcn

[msongs]

7. as predicted by yours truly a long time ago nt

[yaesu]

8. A gulf of Tonkin type incident or, probably an AIs over active imagination. nt