• Media Advisory: Colorado Airmen, C-130s deploy to Southwest Asia

    Airmen and Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules from Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing left here for a four-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airmen are expected to provide airlift and aerial delivery support to operations in Southwest Asia to include Afghanistan.The Air

  • C-130 squadron first to perform new airdrop method

    The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron executed the first combat Extracted Container Delivery System airdrop the morning of April 29, successfully demonstrating the increased accuracy that this new technology provides. The new airdrop method, known by the shorthand XCDS, is designed to pull the

  • Commentary: The Envious

    The Envious spend so much time worrying about what everyone else is getting that they often miss the opportunities they themselves have to be recognized. Opportunities to excel come up every day, yet the envious often misses them, then they wallow around in self-pity because everyone else is getting

  • 19 FSS Upsets 19 CES in 3-match thriller

    The intramural volleyball teams from the 19th Force Support Squadron and the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron faced off May 7 in exciting fashion going to a third match in a best of three series with the 19th FSS winning 25-19, 23-25, 15-12."We're standing strong tonight, we're not going to lose," said

  • Looking Back and Forward

    This past week, two events occurred that caused me to pause and reflect upon my time in service. First was the 31st anniversary of when I first became an Airman and the second was conducting interviews for a new squadron superintendent, as the current superintendent will be retiring this summer

  • Military Service: 'I put on my uniform'

    I was sitting in the IDS meeting and part of the agenda was reviewing items from the Caring for People Forums. One of the issues raised was, not everyone seemed to be pulling their weight as far as being available (for various reasons) for deployments. It was voiced that it seemed to be the same

  • 24/7 Fitness: Now Available for DoD Civilians, 18+ Dependents

    A 24 hour/seven days a week fitness center began at Little Rock Air Force Base's fitness center Feb. 15. Sign-up for the program began Feb. 4.The new modification to the program is part of a Little Rock AFB initiative to enhance the morale, welfare and recreation for Airmen on base. During several