• High hoops for a great basketball season

    Team Little Rock, it's that time again to hang the cleats up and take the sneakers down.Intramural basketball season starts Monday at Little Rock Air Force Base.Sixteen teams have signed up and are ready to represent their units and take the trophy from the two-year reigning champs from Camp

  • "The only disability in life is a bad attitude"

     Continuously smiling, laughing and going out of his way to help people is what John Perry is most known for. He speaks college football as a second language and is said to be arguably the biggest University of Alabama fan.You can find Perry, an Army and Air Force Exchange Services Base Exchange

  • Vanpooling makes cents

    Commuting to and from Little Rock Air Force base every day can be a big burden on one's budget depending on how far they travel each day. For example, based on the American Automobile Association estimates, the cost of owning a car can exceed $10,000 per year for a daily commute of 50 miles round

  • Reenergize before returning

    Getting back to the everyday grind at work can be tough, and the consequences of being tired and trying to perform at 100 percent is quite challenging.After a lengthy holiday break with family and friends, remember to spend some time on yourself.According to the National Institute for Occupational

  • Maintaining munitions with the 19th MXS

    Most people wouldn't think a C-130 cargo plane maintenance squadron would have team of Airmen responsible for assembling, inspecting and storing munitions. But the 19th MXS munitions flight does just that. A team of approximately 20 Airmen works with weapons and ammunition on more than 80 acres of

  • AF announces no involuntary force management programs for FY15

    Air Force officials announced there is no longer a need to conduct involuntary force management programs for fiscal year 2015 following a year of significant reductions designed to meet the Defense Department strategic and budgetary guidance.Officials confirmed that fiscal year 2014 goals were

  • Gingivitis: Cause, Effect, and Prevention

    Have you ever been told you have gingivitis?Many people have been told they have gingivitis but may be unsure what it means. Gingivitis is inflammation of the gums surrounding the teeth. Signs of gingivitis are red, swollen gums that may bleed easily. Affected gums are sometimes sensitive but can be

  • Altitude chamber takes its last breath

    Senior Airman Devin Theis, a 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron high-altitude airdrop missions technician, instructs Airmen on the proper use of an oxygen mask during altitude training Dec. 8, 2014, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Students undergo hypobaric chamber

  • Caution: Inclement Weather Ahead

    Imagine yourself speeding down the freeway, toward Little Rock Air Force Base. You're late for work and decide to take the short cut over the bridge to get to work on time.You reach the bridge, unaware of the terror that is about to unfold.The first two wheels glide over the ice on the top of the

  • Combat Airlift Help Dates Back to Korea

    On Dec. 7, 1950, an event unique in the history of combat airlift occurred in the skies over North Korea.  For the first and only time in military history, a bridge was airdropped to ground forces below.On Oct. 19, 1950, hundreds of thousands of communist Chinese  troops of the "People's Volunteer