• Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman Derrick Cashaw

    Name and Rank:  Airman Derrick Cashaw Unit: 19th Force Support Squadron Duty title: Fitness specialist Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Time in service: Nine months Time at Little Rock: Six months Goals: Serve 20 or more years in the Air Force Hobbies: Drawing, chess games and playing video games

  • SERE ensures full-spectrum readiness through joint training

    Specialists from the 19th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape flight, performed freefall jumps from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter June 28, 2018, at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. The Arkansas Army National Guard aircrew and the SERE specialists train together to keep

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Tanera Frank

    Name and Rank: Staff Sgt. Tanera Frank          Unit:  19th Operation Support Squadron Duty title:  Host aviation resource management office assistant NCO in charge Hometown: Chicago, IL Time in service: Six years in August Time at Little Rock: Five years Goals: To become a career field

  • ROCK I 18-06 exercise: LRAFB adapts to deployed conditions

    Service members from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, maintain deployment readiness by learning and adapting to mission-oriented protective posture conditions on a constant basic. Their knowledge was tested during the deployment-related exercise ROCK I 18-06 June 18-22, 2018.The purpose of the

  • Focus groups allow military spouses platform for concerns

    Leadership is putting more emphasis on spouses and their contributions to execute the mission. In line with the secretary of the Air Force’s vision to enhance this partnership, Team Little Rock is hosting focus groups to gain insight into spouses’ needs and capabilities. Spouse focus groups are a

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Grace Nichols

    Name and Rank: Senior Airman Grace Nichols Unit: 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Duty title: Public Affairs photojournalist journeyman Hometown: Kokomo, Indiana Time in service: 3 years Time at Little Rock: 2.5 years Goals: Getting her PhD, become fluent in a second language and move to

  • Dignified arrival: WWII Sailor finally returns home

    While the world remembered June 6 as D-Day – the longest day of World War II – the Tipton family will now remember this date as the day their Sailor finally came home. The family waited nearly 77 years for Seaman 1st Class Henry "Glenn" Tipton to return from war. The 189th Airlift Wing Arkansas Air

  • Tech school instructor crews compete in annual Turkey Shoot

    The annual local combat airlift competition, known as the Turkey Shoot, pitted rivals against one another in timed events including heavy equipment airdrops, points of interest, visual points assault landing and backing accuracy June 8, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. "The 314th

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Joel Powell

    Name and Rank: Joel Powel, Staff SergeantUnit: 62nd Airlift SquadronDuty title: Training NCO/C-130J LMHometown: Nacogdoches, TexasTime in service: 9 YearsTime at Little Rock: 2 YearsGoals: Finish off Bachelors DegreeHobbies: Paintball/Gun sports Location for photo:Air Force Core Value portrayed:

  • Little Rock AFB airlift squadrons attend 74th D-Day anniversary

     Three airlift squadrons and support personnel from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, embarked on an historic journey to Normandy, France, to support the 74th D-Day Anniversary remembrance events from May 30 to June 6, 2018.Aircrew from the 41st, 61st and 62nd Airlift Squadrons and maintainers