• AETC commander visits 314th AW Airmen

    Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, commander of Air Education and Training Command, the parent command of the 314th Airlift Wing, the C-130 Center of Excellence, visited here Aug. 27.General Lorenz, who leads the Air Force command that trains nearly 340,000 students per year, discussed key issues with wing

  • Air Force announces selections to lieutenant colonel

    The 2010 lieutenant colonel Line of the Air Force and Medical Service Corps central selection boards selected 1,236 majors for promotion.The boards considered 6,272 majors for promotion. The lieutenant colonel selectees from Little Rock Air Force Base are:Maj. Michael Donaghy, 19th Operations

  • Air Force encourages employees to cash in on ideas

    Highlighting a new Department of Defense-led program designed to produce money-saving ideas that improve the way the DOD operates, Air Force Undersecretary and chief management officer Erin C. Conaton is encouraging civilian and military employees to share their ideas online at

  • Colorado-based Combat 'Roos head out on first deployment

    Members of the 52nd Airlift Squadron etched another place in their squadron's short history by deploying Aug. 16 in support of operations in the Middle East.Less than a dozen members of the squadron, known as the "Combat 'Roos," left here aboard a 302nd Airlift Wing-assigned C-130 Hercules bound for

  • Air Force officials urge operational security vigilance

    According to the FBI, fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software. One technique entices users to download an application or view a video that appears to be sent from users' "friends", giving the perception of being legitimate. Once the user

  • Air Force officials announce changes to space functions

    Air Force officials announced the realignment of some Headquarters Air Force space functions Aug. 26, following the recent completion of a review of Headquarters Air Force space management and responsibilities, which was directed by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley in December 2009. In a

  • Direct communication between Airmen key to suicide prevention

    More than a decade in the making, the culture of the "wingman" approach to suicide prevention is still evolving as risk factors and causes of suicide are becoming more widely understood. The wingman concept should be very familiar to most Airmen. Suicide prevention training has been incorporated