• A&FRC & Operation Homefront work together to ensure resilience

    The Airmen and Family Readiness Center serves as a support system for Airmen and their families, retired military members and Department of Defense civilians to reduce hardships yearlong by providing free proactive, preventive and remedial services.The holidays in particular can be a stressful time

  • Turkey Shoot: Combat Airlift Competition

    Aircraft from the 19th Airlift Wing, 314th Airlift Wing, 189th Airlift Wing and 913th Airlift Group squared off in a friendly competition to outscore their opponents by performing the air mobility exercise the fastest and most accurate.

  • Last C-130E leaves Little Rock AFB

    After more than 52 years in service, the last C-130E, Tail No. 9815, departed Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, on a flatbed truck to Vandenberg Airport in Evansville, Indiana. It will be used to train law enforcement, Homeland Security personnel and firefighters to practice real-world

  • Navajo Airman reminds community ‘We’re still here’

    Today’s U.S. Air Force operates with a small, but highly skilled, work force. Less than one percent of the U.S. population volunteers to enlist or commission in the military. Statistics show 19.1 percent of those service members are women, and only 0.6 percent of all service members are Native

  • 375th AES forward deploys to LRAFB for aeromedical evacuation excercise

    In order to continue providingelite care during crises, members from the 375th Aeromedical EvacuationSquadron stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, forward deployed to LittleRock Air Force Base, Arkansas, to establish an aeromedical staging location Nov.6, 2016, to exercise their preparedness

  • Tuskegee Airman: born in tragedy, built for triumph

    “I’ve come a long way from picking cotton in the fields with my grandfather. I am 89 yearsold. Looking back at my military career, I wouldn’t change the route that ledme to where I’ve been.”Retired MasterSgt. Leroy Mazell Smith, has lived a life few could imagine. One could compare theseries of

  • AMC command chief gets first-hand look of Combat Airlift mission, Airmen

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, command chieffor Air Mobility Command, visited Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Nov. 1 – 3,2016. The command chief met Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing and sawfirst-hand how Combat Airlift sustains and executes Rapid Global Mobility anytime,anywhere.

  • 11-ship formation flight flexes Hercules muscle

    A formation of 11 C-130Js departed Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Oct. 24, 2016, as part of a total force exercise ensuring mission readiness. C-130s from Little Rock AFB, departed the flightline in quick sequence to join aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and Keesler Air Force Base,

  • 314th takes home ATA awards

    Two members of the 314th Airlift Wing recently took tophonors at the annual Airlift/Tanker Association conference in Nashville,Tennessee, for fiscal year 2016.The ATA recognizes Air Force active-duty, Reserve andretired personnel, both officer and enlisted, as well as industrial supportersand