News happening around Little Rock Air Force Base

July 29, 2020
Experiment enhances C-130’s competitive edge against CBRN threat

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear analysts from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio recently visited the 19th Airlift Wing to conduct the first vapor purge test on a cargo plane as part of a series of experiments they will conduct on aircraft
July 28, 2020
Little Rock, DM integrate ops to increase combat capabilities

A C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the 34th Combat Training Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, flew to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, July 21, for dynamic wing integration training.
July 27, 2020
LRAFB continues resupply missions to East Africa

Air Force personnel assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, and deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, load cargo onto a C-130J Super Hercules during loading and unloading operations in Somalia. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint
July 27, 2020
314th AW helps support and maintain AETC’s student pipeline

As the C-130J Super Hercules creeps to a halt, the aft loading door slowly opens filling the plane with rays of the bright midday sunlight. The young Airmen are motioned forward and walk hastily in a single-file line toward their new journey.
July 24, 2020
Privatized housing resident advocate established for LRAFB

In accordance with the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights signed earlier this year, base officials recently appointed a privatized housing resident advocate for Team Little Rock.
July 24, 2020
Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman 1st Class Curtis Goss

This week's Combat Airlifter of the Week is Airman 1st Class Curtis Goss, 19th Communications Squadron network infrastructure technician.
July 20, 2020
TLR hosts dorm transform event

Team Little Rock came together to enhance living conditions for Airmen and Marines living in the dormitories, July 17. More than 50 volunteers and the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron took part in the beautification efforts to take care of the LRAFB dorm residents.
July 20, 2020
Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Samuel Kidd

This week's Combat Airlifter of the Week is Senior Airman Samuel Kidd, 913th Aerospace Medicine Squadron healthcare administration clerk.
July 16, 2020
Dyess, Little Rock conduct largest formation flight in C-130J history

The C-130 community rewrote history July 14, successfully piloting the largest formation flight ever of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of a Joint Forcible Entry exercise over Dyess Air Force Base and Big Bend, Texas.
July 13, 2020
19th AMXS maintains ops with minimal manning during COVID-19

When the emergence of COVID-19 swept across the nation, the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was already operating at reduced manning levels with almost a quarter of the unit deployed. Social distancing and mitigation efforts to preserve the health of the force cut that number in half - again.