• 19th MXG celebrates Maintenance Professionals of the Year

    The 19th Maintenance Group held their annual Maintenance Professionals of the Year banquet at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, March 6, 2020. The banquet included food, games and nearly 30 awards given to celebrate and recognize the achievements of top performers from the maintenance career

  • Corregidor Island: 19th AW honors a legacy of heroes

    Airmen from the 41 Airlift Squadron and 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flew to the Philippines to partake in a commemorative event marking the 75th Anniversary of the retaking of Corregidor Island, while also honoring three members from the 19th Bombardment Group, now 19th Airlift Wing, and nine

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Austin Wilson

    Name and Rank: Staff Sgt. Austin WilsonUnit: 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 4Official Duty title: Communication, countermeasures and navigation instructorHometown: Mooresville, IndianaTime in service: 5 yearsTime at Little Rock: 4 yearsGoals: Complete information technology degree and promote

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Brian Bevilacqua

    Rank and Name: Senior Airman Brian BevilacquaUnit: 19th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronOfficial Duty Title: Hydraulics centralized repair facility back shop journeymanHometown: Oakland, New JerseyTime on Station: 2 years 6 monthsTime in Service: 3 yearsHobbies: Furniture restoration and playing

  • Honorary Commander, Golden Knight Program connects base to community

    The 19th Airlift Wing hosted an Honorary Commander Induction Ceremony Feb. 26 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The Honorary Commander Program is a community outreach effort to continue building partnerships between local civic leaders and Team Little Rock. Not only were nine new members

  • Mobility Airmen complete Agile Combat Employment experiment

    Airmen from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, and Kadena Air Base, Japan, completed an Agile Combat Employment experiment at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, Feb. 20, 2020. The training helped develop and improve an Air Force’s ability to rapidly deploy F-15 Eagle

  • Association of Defense Communities visits TLR community

    Representatives from the Association of Defense Communities visited Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, on Feb. 25-26, 2020, in recognition for being one of five communities across the country named to the 2020 Class of Great American Defense Communities.The program, now in its fifth year, was

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman 1st Class Kimberly Simpson

    Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Kimberly SimpsonUnit: 19th Airlift Wing Office of the Staff Judge AdvocateOfficial Duty title: Military justice paralegalHometown: Chino, CaliforniaTime in service: 1 year, 3 monthsTime at Little Rock: 10 monthsGoals: Earn her bachelor’s degree, travel the world, and

  • The Rock crosses the Pacific

    Airmen from Yokota Air Base welcomed four Air Mobility Command C-130J’s from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, as part of a capstone exercise Feb. 8-19, 2020.“Yokota has a very unique AOR,” said Capt. John Walitsch, 61st Airlift Squadron C-130J pilot. “By the 61st flying out, we get to enhance