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  • Little Rock welcomes back Rodeo team

    Base and community leaders welcomed home Little Rock Air Force Base's Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 team Saturday with a rousing celebration in Hangar 276. The team brought home the Best C-130 Maintenance Team, Best Post-flight Maintenance Team and 10K Forklift Driving Course Victors honors at the competition held at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The
  • Construction of the privatized base housing projects at Little Rock Air Force Base has officially stopped due to the financial woes of American Eagle Communities, the project developer. Only 25 new units of the $121.5 million project have been completed while the company's plan called for more than 122 new units and 513 renovated units to be completed by this phase of the project.

    Housing privatizaton construction project shuts down

    Construction of the privatized base housing projects at Little Rock Air Force Base has officially stopped leaving occupants waiting for new and renovated housing units. In the meantime, base Airmen are left in the middle while waiting for these problems to be resolved. "Affordable, quality and safe housing for our Airmen should be a priority for
  • An U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from Little Rock, Air Force Base, Ark., lands at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., for Rodeo 2007 on July 21, 2007. Rodeo 2007, hosted by Air Mobility Command, is a readiness competition of U.S. and international mobility forces. It focuses on improving warfighting capabilities and support of the Global War on Terrorism. (U. S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel St. Pierre)

    RODEO 2007: Base Civic Leaders Saddle Up for Rodeo

    Civic leaders from around Little Rock are taking part in Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2007.Eight distinguished visitors and their guests are joining the 314th Airlift Wing and the 463rd Airlift Group from Little Air Force Base, Ark., at the biannual competition here at different points throughout the week. Competition teams and some guests arrived
  • Master Sgt. Eddie McElyea, a 189th Airlift Wing recruiting office supervisor, received the Air National Guard's Eastern Sector Medicine Man Award for his efforts in recruiting medical professionals into the Arkansas Air National Guard.

    ANG recognizes two Arkansas Air Guard recruiters

    Two of the 189th Airlift Wing's recruiters were recently recognized for their performance in recruiting new members into the Arkansas Air National Guard. Master Sgt. Eddie McElyea received the Air National Guard's Eastern Sector Medicine Man Award for his efforts in recruiting health professionals, and Tech. Sgt. Ken Munday was named Rookie
  • Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.: CommAir - General Gene Renuart, far right, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, observes a demonstration April 17 of an airborne communications package aboard a C-130 aircraft at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The demonstration was conducted by the Joint Communications Support Element, a military unit composed of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel, to show USNORTHCOM and civilian law enforcement organizations the communications capabilities the unit can provide to Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gail Braymen

    U.S. Northern Command commander discusses roles, need for tactical airlift

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The military commander responsible for all command and control of DoD homeland defense efforts and defense support to civil authorities understands the need for tactical airlift. General Gene Renuart, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, took time to learn a little bit

  • 463rd member wins AFA top award

    He went from being a Soldier to working on the U.S.S. Cole as a contractor, but now Staff Sgt. Robert Tate III has a new claim to fame as the Air Force Association's 2007 Chief Master Sgt. Thomas N. Barnes Crew Chief of the Year. Sergeant Tate, a member of the 463rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, will be recognized for being at the top of his
  • Col. Wayne Schatz, 314th AIrlift Wing commander, watches the line on his putt on the Deer Run Golf Course putting green June 22 after the ribbon cutting ceremony for the course's new greens. The event marked the opening of the new greens on all of Deer Run's 18 holes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Arlo Taylor)

    New golf greens open

  • DUI is a crime, not a mistake

    Team Little Rock, over the past several weeks, we've had a rash of poor judgment. Drinking and driving incidents are on the rise. Because I'm concerned for the safety and well-being of our Airmen, families and neighbors, I've asked our Vice Wing Commander, Col. Dave Watson, to lead a task force that will develop a campaign plan to promote

  • Team ready to rock Rodeo 2007

    With exactly 30 days left, training at Little Rock Air Force Base is in full force for the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. Roughly 55 teams from around the world will take part in the 2007 Rodeo July 22 through July 28 at McChord AFB, Wash. "Everyone competing is highly skilled, highly trained and highly motivated," said Capt. Robert Shaw, 314th
  • Master Sgt. Laura Marshall-Gish (left), 189th Medical Group Medical Technician Craftsman, and Lieutenant Colonel John Dugan (right), 189th Medical Group Commander, simulate treating Airman First Class Anthony Watson (bottom), 314th Medical Group Health Service Manager Apprentice, during a hurricane evacuation training exercise, at Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, June 11, 2007. During the exercise, active duty and guard airmen at LRAFB teamed up with local Veterans Affairs Emergency staff for a Major Accident Response Exercise to become better prepared for future hurricane or disaster evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jim Araos)

    Hurricane evacuation training

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