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  • Tech. Sgt. Christine McGinley, 19th Airlift Wing ground safety craftsman, awards Ciera Groves, daughter of Melony Grose and Senior Airman David Grose, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron utilities journeyman (not pictured), a free Burger King coupon for wearing proper safety gear while riding her scooter at base housing June 17, 2009. The coupon is part of Operation Always Be Careful, an incentive program created by the safety office. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rochelle Clace)

    Knowing safety ABCs earns free food

    The 19th Airlift Wing Safety Office's Operation Always Be Careful continues in conjunction with the 101 Critical Days of Summer, which runs through Labor Day weekend.Ground safety personnel will visit base housing and other public areas looking out for people who wear helmets while riding bicycles, skateboards and scooters; skaters wearing knee,
  • Airman 1st Class Ashley Heidel, a 19th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control journeyman, issues clearance to departuring aircrafts in the control tower at Little Rock Air Force Base June 9, 2009. (US Air Force photo by Airman Lausanne Pacheco)

    Air Traffic Control soars above the competition

    The 19th Operation Support Squadron Air Traffic Control was selected as the Air Mobility Command's Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year. "The award is given to an Air Traffic Control team at a particular unit that has made a notable contribution to the quality, safety or procedural development of the Air Traffic Control system; outstanding
  • Mr. Will Brenneisen, a 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron diesel mechanic, installs a fluid pressure gauge in a de-icer’s front cabin at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. June 8, 2009. The 19th LRS’s small vehicle maintenance team broke a record by sustaining a 96.2 percent mission capable rate for the month of March, the best mark seen in 20 years and best in Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathan Allen)

    Vehicle Management Flight breaks 20 year record

    Ten years ago, the collective efforts of a small vehicle maintenance flight broke the Little Rock Air Force Base vehicle maintenance record by keeping an astounding 95.4 percent of all base vehicles in service for a period of one month. Back in 1999, nobody had seen anything like it. In the 10 years of data kept on hand, no one had even come close

  • Base prepares for environmental audit

    The Air Mobility Command Audit Team visits Tuesday to Thursday to audit the Little Rock Air Force Base's Environmental Management System. An external audit is one of the International Organization for Standardization 14001 checklist items needed to attain conformance to ISO standards, as required by Executive Order 13423. ISO 14001 is one of a

  • CMSAF Gaylor: 'Today's Airmen are tops'

    Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force No. 5 Robert Gaylor visited Little Rock Air Force Base May 14 and 15 for the 19th Security Forces Squadron Dining Out May 15. Chief Gaylor, a former Security Forces Squadron Airman, said he relishes the opportunity to speak with Airman and rarely takes a visit without seizing the opportunity to visit as
  • Shirley McDaniel pins a colonel eagle insignia on newly promoted Col. Ron McDaniel's service dress jacket May 2 at a 2 p.m. Little Rock Air Force Base ceremony. The colonel is the first African-American in the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing to be promoted to the rank of colonel, and he's the second African-American in the state to have worn colonel's eagles. The first was Col. James Abernathy, who is retired. (Photo by Master Sgt. Dianna Seerey)

    Guard wing's first African-American promoted to full-bird colonel

    Lt. Col. Ronald McDaniel made history May 2 when he pinned on colonel's eagles in a promotion ceremony in the 189th Airlift Wing maintenance hangar. The colonel is the wing's first African-American full-bird colonel, which is an historic moment since the unit traces its roots back to 1925 and was all male and all white until the early 1970s. Wing

  • Motorcycle registration now required on LRAFB.

    Officials implemented a program April 29 requiring all Department of Defense-employed motorcycle riders be registered before being allowed to ride on base. The program, which is mandatory for all military and DoD civilian employees and strongly encouraged for all contractors and dependents, will provide a means to identify the "skill" of a rider
  • Civic leaders from Pope Air Force Base visit with Explosive Ordinance Disposal Airmen during a tour on base April 23. Leadership and community supporters from Pope AFB experienced several aspects of the base to include flight simulators, K-9 Unit demonstration and the teamwork between the three wings that completes the day-to-day Little Rock C-130 mission.

    Team Little Rock hosts Pope AFB Civic Leader Tour

  • Laura Womack, the 19th Communication Squadron postal service center manager, pedals a bike during a burn hour session at the Fitness Center Monday. The burn hour is a challenging workout held every weekday at 3 p.m. to aid Airmen in improving their warfit test scores.

    Burn Hour

  • Col. C.K. Hyde, 314th Airlift Wing commander, presents Staff Sgt. Zach Nagy, a 48th Airlift Squadron loadmaster instructor and student evaluator, with a coin for his selection as the Combat Airlifter of the Week Monday. Sergeant Nagy is responsible for all the 48th AS’s assigned personnel’s annual ground and flying training events. Additionally, Sergeant Nagy tracked and validated annual ground and flight training for all assigned personnel ensuring a 100 percent completion rate of all annual currencies.

    Combat Airlift of the Week, May 1, 2009

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