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  • Members of the Walnut Ridge Fire Department's HAZMAT Response Team investigate a chemical spill and compartment fire aboard a C-130 aircraft during an exercise at the Walnut Ridge Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. The aircraft and crew were from the 189th Airlift Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard based at Little Rock Air Force Base. (Photo by Maj. Keith Moore, public affairs officer for the Arkansas Air National Guard.)

    Air Guard C-130 provides new training for local fire departments

    A C-130 and crew from the 189th Airlift Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard provided a new wrinkle in hazardous materials response training for members of the Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas and Paragould fire departments Sept. 1 at the Walnut Ridge Airport. According to Lt. Col. Dean Martin, C-130 pilot for the mission, the scenario for the training
  • Col. C.K. Hyde, 314th Airlift Wing commander, hosted more than 40 civic leaders from central Arkansas Sept. 27 on a tour to Lockheed Martin C-130 production plant in Marietta, Ga. The day-long tour, which included a flight on the wing's C-130s, was planned to educate members of the community on C-130J Super Hercules' design and development focused on the aircraft's mission flexibility - combat delivery, air-to-air refueling, special operations, disaster relief and humanitarian missions. The tour serves to educate civic partners to the fact that our Air Force cannot operate alone. Their support is vital to accomplishing Team Little Rock's mission.

    Civic Leaders tour Marietta

  • Senior Airman Ashley Guilbeault (left), 189th Medical Group dental technician, and Maj. (Dr.) Tom Phelan, U.S. Air Force Academy assistant professor, treat a patient Aug. 3 at Baja Vera Pez, Guatemala. Medical groups from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing and the 188th Fighter Wing completed a Joint Forces Medical Readiness Exercise deployment Aug. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Eric Pipkin)

    Guard Medics deploy to Guatemala

    Medical groups from the Arkansas Air National Guard's189th Airlift Wing and the 188th Fighter Wing completed a Joint Forces Medical Readiness Exercise deployment Aug. 15.During the two-week deployment, 4,900 patients were seen and 7,293 prescriptions were filled. Approximately $50,000 of medicine dispersed for the deployment. Dental care was a
  • Tech. Sgt. Michelle Ana, 19th Logistic Readiness Squadron maintenance supply liason, and Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giampapa, 19th LRS customer service technician, perform the toy soldier exercise as part of their physical training regiment at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Sept. 2. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jim Araos)

    Air Force unveils new fitness program

    Air Force officials expect a new Air Force fitness instruction that will bring about some of the most significant changes to the Air Force fitness program in the last five years and shifts a greater responsibility of maintaining physical fitness 365 days a year to all Airmen. Officials anticipate the changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2010. In June,
  • Col. C.K. Hyde, 314th Airlift Wing commander, taxis in a C-130J on the flightline after achieving his 4000th flight hour Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Lausanne Pacheco)

    Col. Hyde achieves 4000th flight hour

  • Cody Rogers, 19th AMXS team member, drives the ball into the outfield Aug.20 during the base intramural softball championship game. The 19th AMXS beat the 19th MDG 22 - 11.

    AMXS maintainers dismantled Medics

    The 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dismantled the 19th Medical Group 22 - 11 and claimed what could be its first base intramural softball championship game Aug. 20. The maintainers sputtered at the start of the championship game, scoring only two runs in the first inning against the medics' four runs. The second inning belonged to the
  • Airmen from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., configure litters and equipment aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during a Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 training mission on Aug. 19, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The JRTC, located at Fort Polk, La., provides realistic training using war-time scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the Air Force, Army and from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the 09-09 exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

    JRTC offers unique training for AE Airmen

    They can be alerted at any hour to arrive on base for hours of mission planning and preflight briefings. They must maintain flying currency requirements and pass routine check-rides. They're away from their families several weeks each year flying missions all over the world. They aren't pilots, navigators, or loadmasters. They are Air Force
  • Coalition aircrew members from the U.S., Canada and Belgium meet with Airmen posing as Iraqi nationals on Aug. 18, 2009, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., as part of Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09. The meeting is irregular warfare training which is part of Green Flag Little Rock -- the base's name for their participation in the JRTC exercise. GFLR is designed to give aircrews their first five combat flights in a controlled environment and held in conjunction with the JRTC exercise based at Fort Polk, La., which is training 3,200 Soldiers “deployed” to an austere environment. GFLR provides training for the aircrews that perform airlift and airdrop missions, aeromedical evacuation and bare-base set up and operations for the JRTC exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Joe Knable)

    Coalition Airmen offered unique irregular warfare training at Green Flag Little Rock

    If you stumbled upon a man wearing a Muslim headdress, an Iraqi security police colonel and military officers from three coalition countries, you might think you're somewhere in the Middle East. However, this scene was part of Irregular Warfare training at Little Rock Air Force Base this week as part of the Green Flag Little Rock exercise. Green
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant rank insignia

    Team Little Rock Staff Sergeant promotees

    Little Rock Air Force Base, home of Combat Airlift, is proud to announce the Team Little ROck's newest NCO. Congratulations to these 296 combat airlifters upon their promotion to Staff Sergeant.19th Airlift Wing Nathaniel Allen Lakeisha West 19th Comptroller Squadron Teresa Davis Jacob Taylor 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Morgan Colleran Tiffany
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wayne Witter, a C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepares for a night airdrop to deliver JP-8 fuel to troops on the ground in southwestern Afghanistan July 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller/Released)

    Airdrop fuels austere Afghan locations

    The United States Air Force airdropped a record-breaking 3.3 million pounds of supplies into Afghanistan during the month of July. This is the most to be dropped into Afghanistan since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and tops June's record 3.2 million pounds. The 77nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, based here, contributed more than
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