• 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

  • Back in Black: New leader tosses gauntlet for Black Knights

    The new 19th Airlift Wing commander is honored to be back among the Black Knights and call Little Rock Air Force Base his home.Col. Michael Minihan, the 19th AW commander, is on his second assignment here and is excited to witness the Little Rock AFB Combat Airlift legacy in motion."It's truly

  • Kandahar maintainers keep 'heart' of Air Force pumping

    For the Airmen of the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, keeping the aircraft fine-tuned and serviced is serious business. So when an operator reports a problem, the crew chiefs and other maintainers treat it like an emergency room technician

  • 28 Airmen graduate NCO Academy

    Twenty-eight Little Rock Air Force Base technical sergeants graduated Sept. 2 from the NCO Academy at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The graduates were:Lewis Anderson, 19th Component Maintenance SquadronSam Aubry, 19th Logistics Readiness SquadronJesse Bailey, 19th LRSMilton Beaver, 19th Aircraft