• International Students

    Visiting a foreign country can be an exciting yet an intimidating experience. Imagine traveling to an unfamiliar country to learn to fly or maintain an aircraft in a second or third language.Master Sgt. Larry Holland, a C-130 aircraft mechanic and the 714th Training Squadron noncommissioned

  • Air Force training helps Little Rock Airman rescue former troop

    Maj. Christopher Button, a 19th Medical Operations Squadron mental health psychologist, stands with Raul Ochoa Jr., and Linda Valley in October 2014. Valley and Button aided in rescuing Ochoa after he passed out from a heart attack in their Jacksonville, Ark., neighborhood.

  • Shut up and color: how a 3-year-old saved me from cancer

    In 1991, he was on top of the world, in the prime of his life and the healthiest he'd ever been.Then 24-year-old "buck" Sgt. Jimmy Ku, a crew chief stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, was six years into his Air Force career as well as a year into his marriage and new role as stepfather to

  • "The only disability in life is a bad attitude"

     Continuously smiling, laughing and going out of his way to help people is what John Perry is most known for. He speaks college football as a second language and is said to be arguably the biggest University of Alabama fan.You can find Perry, an Army and Air Force Exchange Services Base Exchange

  • Q & A with Team Little Rock's newest SARC

    As of Nov. 3, 2014, Little Rock Air Force Base has a new sexual assault and response coordinator. Roland DeLeon, the 19th Airlift Wing SARC, sat down with Little Rock AFB Public Affairs for an interview.Q: Where is home for you?A: It is in the military, I don't really have a traditional home. I have

  • LRAFB Airman assists Afghan Air Force

      (Lt. Col. Christopher Garcia, 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron director of operations, stands in front of an Afghan Air Force C-130 Hercules at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Garcia assisted in training the first Afghan C-130 crew while assigned to the

  • "After 59 years, Little Rock AFB is still home"

    Retired Maj. Julius Budelis has shared a love for his wife and Little Rock Air Force Base for almost 60 years. Budelis is one of the few people who can recall being stationed at "The Rock" the same year the base opened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harry

  • A Patriots Service is Never Finished

    At 76 years old, Jim Elmer is a veteran who continues to proudly serve his country. For a career that almost never was, Elmer would see more than 800 combat hours. These days Elmer spends his time passing along his love of country to future generations."I never thought I would make the Air Force a

  • 16 pound burden

    Tech. Sgt. Jason Caswell, a 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, loves spending time with his wife and kids as well as playing rugby.At age 28, Caswell was an athlete who was well on his way to becoming an Air Force rugby player. From there, his dream was to take the next step of joining

  • Little Rock AFB and the Cuban Missile Crisis + 52 Years

         Fifty-two years ago this week, the men and women stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base played a role in one of the most pivotal events of the Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis. Never before, or since, has the world come so close to global nuclear war.          In October 1962, Little Rock