Suspicious Drone Incursion Causes Alarm at US Bomber Base

Multiple unauthorized drones flew over Global Strike Command’s Barksdale Air Force Base in early March.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing sits on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Oct. 19, 2025. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Laiken King

Suspicious drone activity recently caused alarm at a U.S. military base in Louisiana that hosts long-range strategic bombers.

“Barksdale Air Force Base detected multiple unauthorized drones operating in our airspace during the week of March 9,” a spokesperson for the Air Force Global Strike Command told The Epoch Times on March 24.

Barksdale Air Force Base is the home of the Air Force Global Strike Command.

The base also hosts B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing and 307th Bomb Wing.