• Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Clate Gatlin

    Name and Rank: Senior Airman Clate Gatlin Unit: 19th Maintenance Squadron Duty title: Guidance and Control/Unit Deployment Manager Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Time in service/Time on Station: 6.5 years/5.5 years Goals: Finish schooling and submit a package for enlisted nursing commissioning program

  • Schoolhouse unites father, son for C-130 mission

    Airman Trevor Armentrout, 700th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and his father, Col. Jeffrey Armentrout, 302nd Airlift Wing vice commander, attended Center of Excellence, the C-130 schoolhouse, at Little Rock Air Force Base.

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Matthew Morris

    Name/Rank: Senior Airman Matthew “Chuck” Morris Organization:  19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Duty Title: Bioenvironmental Engineering Technician Hometown: Leverett’s Chapel, TX Time on Station/ Time in Service: Three years/Four years Hobbies/Goals: Lifting weights, hunting, fishing, camping and

  • Reveille, Retreat time change

    The times for the playing of reveille and retreat over the base giant voice system will change Nov. 10, 2017. Reveille signals the start of the duty day, and retreat marks the end of the duty day and precedes the playing of the national anthem. "We are adjusting our bugle calls to match times more

  • Locals gather supplies for Puerto Rico relief efforts

    Hurricane Maria was the 13th named storm, 7th consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane and the second category five hurricane of 2017. Among those affected by Hurricane Maria, the residents of U.S. Territory Puerto Rico was one group who experienced the devastation. The destruction left the

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. George Clark

    Name and Rank: Staff Sgt. George ClarkUnit: 19 Security Forces  SquadronDuty title: Base defense operations center controllerHometown: Lecompte, LATime in service: 12 yearsTime at Little Rock: 13 monthsGoals: Balance the mission and homelifeHobbies: Basketball and FootballLocation for photo: Air

  • 314th tail flash displays historical link

    Team Little Rock will soon start to notice new colors flying in the air and parked on the taxiway as the 314th Airlift Wing has designed a new flash that now officially dons on one of its C-130Js. After more than a year of planning and coordination, a C-130 assigned to the 314th AW now displays a

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: A1C Zachary Pampuro

    Name and Rank:  A1C Zachary Pampuro Unit: 41 AS Duty title: C-130J Loadmaster Hometown: Berlin, CT Time in service: 13 months Time at Little Rock: 7 months Goals: Completing Bachelor's degree Hobbies: Surfing, Knitting, Mountain Biking Air Force Core Value portrayed: Excellence How does the

  • Red Ribbon Week: Drug prevention starts with kids

    At most Air Force installations, the Drug Demand Reductionprogram and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment program are verymuch separate entities. But here at Little Rock AFB, ADAPT and DDR have teamedup to prevent alcohol and drug abuse amongst service members, their familiesand the

  • Physical therapy knows your pain

     Commentary by Maj. Melissa Rose, Physical Therapy FlightCommanderDid you know that October was designated as NationalPhysical Therapy Month? This year, Physical Therapists around the nation areusing their month to raise awareness about the human toll on the opioidepidemic. Since 1999, the amount of