BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - The local military and Mardi Gras communities are mourning the loss of two airmen killed in a B-52 Stratofortress crash at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday. That crash claimed the lives of eight crew members, two with connections to Barksdale.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Two airmen with ties to Barksdale Air Force Base have been identified among the eight people killed in Monday's B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base in California.