• Fitness center personnel offer five-star service

    The Air Force's physical training standards recently changed to better prepare Airmen for the physical challenges they face with today's combat missions, and the base fitness center has been there to offer its support along the way.On March 11, the 19th Force Support Squadron sports and fitness

  • Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses

    The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, commonly known as MyCAA, will resume March 13 for the more than 136,000 spouses who already have established an account, the Defense Department official who heads up the program announced March 11 here. Officials announced a temporary halt in

  • Commander's Action Line: Keeping the playgrounds clean

    Question: I think having all the playgrounds on base is a wonderful thing. However, they really need to be washed and sprayed for insects. The ones by the base lake have spider webs and hornets nests. The playground near the teen center is dirty; the one by the track is not bad, it just needs to be

  • C-130E completes its last combat mission

    After 47 years of service, a C-130E completed its last combat mission while in Iraq. Upon reaching its total aircraft hours of more than 33,220, the Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. aircraft was retired."It's a very sad day when an aircraft retires," said Capt. Bradley Allen, 777th Expeditionary

  • Base housing reaches new milestone

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony in base housing Tuesday marked the latest milestone measuring the success of Little Rock Air Force Base's housing privatization project.The event at the new home of the family of Capt. Daniel Dahl, 19th Force Support Squadron, marked the opening of 30 new housing units in

  • 314th AW honors Vietnam Heritage

    A C-130, carrying more than 150 frightened Vietnamese women and children, was shot down the morning of May 12, 1968 amidst a flurry of heavy machine-gun fire not far from the runway at Kham Duc. There were no survivors.More than 1,400 American Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Vietnamese men, women and