Barksdale Air Force Base Drones

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I thought there was a thread on this but unable to find it?

Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base - Asia Times

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

asiatimes.com

Unauthorized drones detected over U.S. Air Force base housing nuclear-capable B-52 bombers: military

Barksdale Air Force Base, which houses nuclear-capable B-52 bombers, detected unauthorized drones amid heightened U.S. Air Force security as the war in Iran continues.

www.foxnews.com

Mysterious drones swarmed US Air Force base home to nuclear bombers

More than a dozen unsanctioned drones repeatedly swarmed a US Air Force base that is home to a nuclear bomber fleet — and were able to resist efforts to bring them down via jamming technology…

nypost.com

 

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Monday, 03/09/2026 - Friday, 03/13/2026



A swarm of 12-15 drones penetrated BAFB for 5 consecutive days (4 hours loitering). They halted flight operations, and in one occasion, forced a shelter-in-place order.



SIGNIFICANCE

BAFB is the launchpad for B-52's that are and were flying combat operations over Iran. BAFB has jamming equipment that was unsuccessful in stopping the drone swarms.

The 4-hour loiter time, coupled with the drone swarms ability to resist jamming attempts, is beyond troubling.

Additionally, the drones were equipped with lights. Of note, no reports of drones flying over Shreveport were noted. This suggests the drones approached from the remote areas to the southeast of BAFB and turned their lights on once over BAFB.



ANALYSIS

It is unknown if the drones were fixed-wing or quadcopter.

Given the 5 days of repeated intrusions, there is a higher probability that these drones were launched from a remote area. Operators would need to alternate between multiple launch and landing points to avoid detection.

A fixed-wing style drone with a hybrid motor operating on liquid fuel and battery is a likely contender. This would place the wing span at about 4-5 meters, advanced cameras for guidance and terrain analysis, and a total 6-hour flight time. That would easily drive the cost of each drone above $60,000 USD each.

On the low end, the drones would cost $900,000 in total and could push upwards of $1.5 million. That is not just a couple of kids playing around, that is a sophisticated operation. State actors or well funded terror networks become likely culprits.

The drones would require about 50 meters of runway space, something that the remote areas of LA offer in abundance. They would also need a storage location, vehicles to move the drones, and plenty of operators.

This suggests an intact, well-funded, and well-trained hostile network near one of America's most strategic Air Force Bases.

There is a reason the military and our government have been silent, except for confirmation of the reports.

 

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Monday, 03/09/2026 - Friday, 03/13/2026



A swarm of 12-15 drones penetrated BAFB for 5 consecutive days (4 hours loitering). They halted flight operations, and in one occasion, forced a shelter-in-place order.



SIGNIFICANCE

BAFB is the launchpad for B-52's that are and were flying combat operations over Iran. BAFB has jamming equipment that was unsuccessful in stopping the drone swarms.

The 4-hour loiter time, coupled with the drone swarms ability to resist jamming attempts, is beyond troubling.

Additionally, the drones were equipped with lights. Of note, no reports of drones flying over Shreveport were noted. This suggests the drones approached from the remote areas to the southeast of BAFB and turned their lights on once over BAFB.



ANALYSIS

It is unknown if the drones were fixed-wing or quadcopter.

Given the 5 days of repeated intrusions, there is a higher probability that these drones were launched from a remote area. Operators would need to alternate between multiple launch and landing points to avoid detection.

A fixed-wing style drone with a hybrid motor operating on liquid fuel and battery is a likely contender. This would place the wing span at about 4-5 meters, advanced cameras for guidance and terrain analysis, and a total 6-hour flight time. That would easily drive the cost of each drone above $60,000 USD each.

On the low end, the drones would cost $900,000 in total and could push upwards of $1.5 million. That is not just a couple of kids playing around, that is a sophisticated operation. State actors or well funded terror networks become likely culprits.

The drones would require about 50 meters of runway space, something that the remote areas of LA offer in abundance. They would also need a storage location, vehicles to move the drones, and plenty of operators.

This suggests an intact, well-funded, and well-trained hostile network near one of America's most strategic Air Force Bases.

There is a reason the military and our government have been silent, except for confirmation of the reports.

Possible it is usa testing usa .. red team vs blue team

 

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Rather amazing

U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury

It remains unclear who is behind the incursions, which have occurred now at two bases in recent weeks, but concern is clearly elevated during a time of war.

www.twz.com

......in response to a question from Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), who represents Whiteman Air Force Base, home of B-2s used in Epic Fury. “Some of that might be due to the fact that we have more detection capability now than we did in the past, and then our ability to defeat them has improved. Whereas a year ago, almost every one that was detected was not defeated, now about a quarter of the ones that we detect we’re able to defeat. I pay particular attention to Whiteman and other strategic bases, whether submarine silos or aircraft, and work very closely with Admiral [Richard. A] Correll at STRATCOM to make sure that either through the services or through our own capabilities at NORTHCOM, we are protecting those vital locations from UASs.

 

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Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana’s Barksdale bomber base​

Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base - Asia Times

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

asiatimes.com

.....The drones could have come from a potential adversary, China being best equipped to produce a drone of the type that flew over Barksdale. From what has been observed, the drone design surpasses almost anything in the US arsenal.


What we know is that the drones had extraordinary range, could resist broad spectrum jamming, and featured non-commercial signal characteristics. Even more provocatively, the drones used various ingress and egress routes and operated in dispersed patterns, making traceability (via trying to triangulate on signals) virtually impossible.


We do not know if the drones transmitted information while they were over the base or stored information they transmitted later, or whether the drones may have had satellite links.