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  • U.S. Army personnel from the 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment assigned to Fort Richardson land in the drop zone July 22, 2016, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The 41st Airlift Squadron conducted mountainous terrain training in Alaska and supported Exercise Artic Anvil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Clark)

    41st Airlift Squadron takes on the Last Frontier

    The 41st Airlift Squadron loaded four C-130Js with approximately 100 Team Little Rock Airmen, including pilots, loadmasters, maintainers, aircrew flight equipment and intelligence personnel for a week of deployment training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Not only does the 49th state offer beautiful landscapes but the mountainous
  • U.S Army Soldiers depart from a C-130J assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron into a simulated forward operating base in Alaska July 20, 2016. The U.S. Army soldiers participated in Exercise Arctic Anvil, a joint coalition training event integrating the U.S Air Force, Alaska National Guard, Iowa National Guard, 196th Infantry Brigade and the Canadian military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Clark)

    Black Cats deliver air power during Artic Anvil

    The 41st Airlift Squadron is conducting mountainous terrain training in Alaska and supporting Exercise Artic Anvil. Airmen from the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron went on the training exercise to provide support to ensure the C-130Js are airworthy and safe. Arctic Anvil is an integrated combined, joint and coalition training event and gives
  • The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking for distinguished Airmen to join its ranks. Interested Airmen at Little Rock Air Force Base can speak with AFOSI Special Agents from Det. 327.

    OSI seeks special agents

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking for enlisted Airmen from any career field to cross train as an AFOSI Special Agent.  Applicants should be senior airmen, staff sergeants or technical sergeants and have 3 to 11 years of time in service. AFOSI Det. 327 routinely holds recruitment briefings on the first Thursday of each month
  • Mark Roncal, an Advanced Cutting Concrete and Sealing contractor, cuts concrete on the runway construction site June 21, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. A section of Little Rock AFB runway is receiving an update from its original 1955 build. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Taylor)

    Little Rock AFB pushes through construction with Expo

    Little Rock Air Force Base, the Home of Combat Airlift and the Center of Excellence, is no stranger to high operation tempo. Deployment and training operations haven’t slowed down since the runway construction kicked off in July 2015. Since 1955, the base’s runway has been utilized for a variety of missions throughout its 60 years of operation.

  • Black Knights deliver Combat Airlift at Swift Response ‘16

    Two 19th Airlift Wing C-130Js and crews from the 41st and 61st Airlift Squadrons participated in Exercise Swift Response ’16, one of the premier military crisis response training events in the world for multinational airborne forces.   The exercise included more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the
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