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8th Air Force Museum
88 Shreveport Road Barksdale AFB
Shreveport, LA
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 24 attractions in Shreveport
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Traveller Description: Military museum features authentic uniforms, battle exhibits and aircraft dating back to World War I.
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Attraction type: Military museum
Address: 88 Shreveport Road
Barksdale AFB Shreveport, LA
Tel: (318) 456-5553

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“A great place for families, kids, history buffs.”
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5 of 5 stars
tnblond1
Bossier Parish, LA
7 Jan 2007
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The museum has some very nice static aircraft displays, dioramas, and other Air Force memorabilia. The admission is free, but there is a donation box if you would like to help them preserve history. You may even see planes flying around as the museum property is adjacent to Barksdale AFB. There is also a very nice gift shop inside that... more

“Very interesting museum”
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4 of 5 stars
sbctb
Benton, Louisiana
7 Dec 2006
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Very interesting museum. One of the most touching things I saw was the Widow's Handbook that contained the actual telegrams that a woman received notifying her first that her husband was missing in action, follow-ups to that first telegram, then finally, the telegram notifying her that her husband had died. It was very moving to imagine that poor wife reading... more

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8th Air Force Museum Address

88 Shreveport Road, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA
Tel: (318) 456-5553