• Little Rock Family Housing converts to resident paid electricity

    Col. Brian Robinson, the 19th Airlift Wing commander, held a town hall meeting June 20 in Herc Hall to address Little Rock Air Force Base housing residents' questions concerning the conversion to resident paid electricity.The new system is designed to ultimately conserve energy and possibly save the

  • Could you be the next AMC Icon?

    Air Mobility Command is searching for the next AMC Icon. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol. All AMC installations will conduct base level talent shows during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1,000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air Force

  • Travel Feature: Bentonville, Ark.

    Although I wouldn't say I'm a cosmopolitan, I do think of myself as an avid traveler. From the time, as a 4-year-old lad, I frightened my mother by wandering out of my backyard in Penn Hills, Penn., in search of a local park, the idea of discovering new places, things and experiences on my own

  • Fly-away security teams stay vigilant for mission-critical assets

    Rifle at the ready, eyes watchful and wary, sweat beads form on the brow and trickle down the chin, exhaust fumes and gritty sand fill the nose, words can barely be heard over the whine of engines, yet the airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's Fly-Away Security Teams maintain

  • Couponing makes cents

    The art of couponing has expanded in the last few years from just clipping one or two coupons out of the Sunday paper to coupon clubs being formed, television shows being produced and shoppers actually making money when they purchase groceries.Here at the Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., fellow

  • Commentary: What I Respect and Admire About Airmen

    It seems to me that we spend a lot of time in our wing talking about mentoring. If we're spending as much time mentoring as we are talking about it, then we must be doing one awesome job. I have a feeling that isn't necessarily so. As a good mentor, we have a responsibility to our subordinates to

  • The Reel Standard: Base Maintainer Master of Two Lines

    A ripple on the water breaks the calm of a serene mountain morning. For a brief moment life seems to stop and take notice as man and nature acknowledge the other's presence on the line. Master Sgt. Jeff Wade, the 19th Maintenance Group quality assurance chief inspector, is in his element. A standout

  • Combat 'Roos have new commander

    Lt. Col. Jason Terry assumed command of the 52nd Airlift Squadron from Lt. Col. Patrick Schlichenmeyer during a Change of Command ceremony May 31 here. Terry, a master navigator, was previously the 52nd AS director of operations."To the men and women of the 52nd, it is going to continue to be my