• Cinder blocks and steel

    Tucked away in the back of the Security Forces Squadron building, surrounded by steel and concrete in a small room with one-way windows and cold steel doors, is where Staff Sgt. Thomas Hodges, the 19th SFS noncommissioned officer-in-charge of confinement, spends his work day.Hodges is responsible

  • Little Rock AFB tax assistance

    Tax season is upon us! The 19th Airlift Wing's Legal Office Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program provides electronic filing services free of charge. Although the tax center does not handle complicated returns, most 1040, 1040a and 1040EZ forms with attachments can be filed at the base tax

  • Little Rock's downrange black-letter beast

    A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Aircraft Maintenance Unit waves the American flag as a C-130J taxis to the runway in Black Letter Initial status Nov. 12, 2014 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircraft was named

  • Air Force eReaders turn the page in library program

    The Little Rock Air Force Base library has initiated the eReader program, offering tablets to active-duty military service members. (Courtesy Photo) (Courtesy photo)    The Little Rock Air Force Base library received 10 AERO U.S. Air Force eReader tablets Dec. 1, as part

  • 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