Drones Swarm Nuclear Bomber Base, Exposing Potential Threat to U.S. Aircrews

Legal Insurrection ^ | March 23, 2026 | Leslie Eastman

[iontheball]

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, according to military officials.

The restricted airspace of Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana, was infiltrated by “multiple unauthorized drones” between March 9 and March 15, a base spokesperson told The Post.

The 22-acre installation located east of Shreveport, hosts a fleet of B-52 bombers which can carry out nuclear strikes with “worldwide precision,” according to the Air Force.

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics; UFO's
KEYWORDS: airforcebase; b52; barksdale; china; disruption; drones; droneswarm; louisiana; nationalsecurity; northcom; shelterinplace; uas; uav; ufo

[iontheball]

This is eerily similar to a what happened a year ago. The lame government approach is, of course, to label them 'drones,' though the government doesn't have a clue what they really are because they can't stop them and bring them down, they don't know where they come from, or anything about them. Note the historical background on UFOs where there are several instance where UFOs have been reported operating over or near nuclear installations and interfering in launch controls.

[blitz128]

And all that land the Chinese bought around our bases becomes even more dangerous, but in reality we are woefully unprotected. The oceans are not a source of protection anymore.

I worked at a base and a civilian road goes around the perimeter and from that road you can see our aircraft. Wouldn’t take anything near as complicated as operation spiderweb to cause enormous damage and panic

[spincaster]

We better get our sh!t together and kick these Chinese and Islamists off our continent! We are setting ourselves up for a huge miscalculation on imbedded terrorists capabilities.

[RoosterRedux]

“Drone” swarm over nuclear-related AFBs – Ping

[PubliusMM]

So...jamming technology failed? Did you try the Cajun Army? Did you try the Remington 870 treatment?
Sheesh! Kill a few of them.

[Sirius Lee]

Seems odd that the USAF is helpless against drones. Maybe they’re just incompetent.

[RoosterRedux]

There's a lot of new information here about the Barksdale drone incursion.

It was originally reported that a single drone was over the base and for a short period of time (just enough for a brief shelter in place alert).

Here we have 12-15 drones, which do not respond to signal blocking, which occur of multiple days, and which also are reported over other bases.

Note: The article contains an error here:

The 22-acre installation located east of Shreveport, hosts a fleet of B-52 bombers which can carry out nuclear strikes with “worldwide precision,” according to the Air Force.

IIRC, the base is a 22,000 acre installation.

[roving]

Maybe they’re not drones.

[Wallace T.]

I have wondered when Muslim terrorists cells would be activated. We are three weeks into the Iran war. So far, other than an apparent demented Muslim killing people in a bar in Austin, we have not seen any terrorist action. Combined with the explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, the incident at Barksdale Air Force Base may be indications that terror cells are being activated.

[Kudsman]

Can’t even make a runway on 22 acres.

[Sirius Lee]

I don’t know. I wasn’t there.

[jimfr]

The first thought about 22acres was that it was too small to fly a bomber out of.

[PGalt]

Interesting.

[anton]

If radar monitoring and ballistic response at a nuclear bomber base is not adequate to identify and intercept a swarm of drones, we are ill prepared.

[PghBaldy]

More than one muslim attack in US Since this war.

[PghBaldy]

NYC bomb(s) against anti-muslim protesters,

MI muslim rammed vehicle into synagogue,

VA muslim shooting in classroom.

[KingLudd]

22,000 acres is about 34 square miles so plenty of space for a runway that handles the B-52.

[Carry_Okie]

Why don’t they shoot them down?

[RoosterRedux]

Per the Asia Times:

In a nutshell the drones that operated over Barksdale were far more sophisticated than anything seen in Ukraine, where drones are used heavily, and well beyond Iranian capabilities.

And:

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.