• C-130J carries on Herculean legacy

    Six decades have passed since the C-130 aircraft was introduced to the United States Air Force in 1950.  The aircraft, now known as the workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, has remained the longest continuously produced military aircraft, marking it the fifth aircraft to achieve 50 years of consecutive

  • Little Rock Airman soars above standards

    Standing at a slender 6 feet tall, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Vincent Williams, a 48th Airlift Squadron aviation resource manager apprentice, has a dominating presence. However, it is not his stature that makes him a force to be reckoned with in his career field.  Williams has a relentless work

  • 314th AW Restores H-21 helicopter

    Approximately 20 volunteers from the 314th Airlift Wing are bringing back a little piece of history to Little Rock Air Force Base by restoring a Piasecki H-21 Workhorse helicopter to be placed in Heritage Park near the end of June.Mark Wilderman, 314th Airlift Wing historian, came up with the idea

  • Little Rock AFB honors Police Week 2016

    The Little Rock Air Force Base 19th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron partnered with the local police community to honor law enforcement officers during National Police Week May 9 - 13, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.In 1963, President John F. Kennedy established May 15 as the Peace

  • Little Rock members host Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

    To commemorate the lives lost during the Holocaust, members of Team Little Rock attended the Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony, May 5, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base.The ceremony was held in honor of the 6 million European Jews that were killed during what was known as the "The Final Solution" by

  • Little Rock Group earns Air Force level resource management award

    The 19th Operations Group was awarded the 2015 Air Force Aviation Resource Management Annual Sergeant Dee Campbell Large Unit Award for their contributions to Air Mobility Command and the Air Force."We worked extremely hard to support combat airlift not just for us but to other bases," said Charles

  • Team Little Rock Squadron earns top marks

    The 61st Airlift Squadron was awarded the 2015 General Joseph Smith Trophy for being the most outstanding Airlift Squadron in Air Mobility Command.The 61st AS distinguished itself as the only C-130J squadron with at least nine crews, consisting of 85 percent of their work force, deployed throughout

  • Local museum hosts Vietnam Veterans' ceremony

    United States service members rescued more than 1,000 South Vietnamese military members on January 12, 1962, from Saigon during Operation Chopper. This became the U.S. military's first combat operation in Vietnam against the Vietcong, and established the true beginning of the conflict as well as