• Making the grade: 314th AW rated 'Excellent'

    The 314th Airlift Wing earned an excellent rating from the Air Education and Training Command Inspector General during the unit compliance inspection Jan. 25 - 31.The inspectors graded the wing in 61 major inspection areas, each with many subcategories of standards."This inspection is a reflection

  • 700 AF Reserve jobs coming over next four years

    More than 700 new Air Force Reserve jobs will come open during the next few years as the new legacy C-130 training unit grows to its projected full strength of 706 Air Reserve Technicians, traditional Reservists and civilians with no military affiliation. The unit, most likely to be designated a

  • Welcome back, heroes: Team Little Rock rolls out red carpet for deployers

    Team Little Rock deployers are receiving "rock star" treatment during Welcome Home Warriors homecoming event Feb. 4 at 5 p.m. at Hangar 1080.The event is designed to recognize individual deployers who returned home through commercial airports between Nov. 5, 2010, up to now, said 1st Lt. Michael

  • Med Group improves access to appointments

    Changes to the 19th Medical Group appointment line should help lower the blood pressure of those frustrated by the current system.The 19th MDG is improving the process of booking appointments Jan. 28 with new calling hours for all beneficiaries of 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday to Friday."These changes are

  • Housing residents, 19 SFS employ teamwork to snag criminals

    All base residents are needed to help identify suspicious activity in base housing, according to 19th Security Forces Squadron officials.In the past four months, Team Little Rock had 11 confirmed break-ins, four of which belonged to residents who were either on leave or TDY."We also had four cases

  • Charter school ready for takeoff at base

    Local families have a new educational option with the recent approval of a charter school located on Little Rock Air Force Base. The Arkansas Board of Education in a 7-0 vote Jan. 14 cleared the way for Lighthouse Academies to open a new middle school on the base and to expand its existing