• Air Force officials reinforce tattoo, body alteration policy

    Air Force senior leaders here have taken steps to ensure Air Force dress and personal appearance standards are applied consistently across the service."It's about enforcing and maintaining Air Force standards," said Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the deputy chief of staff for manpower and

  • Promotion to E-8 to require resident Senior NCO Academy

    Completion of the resident Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy or a sister service equivalent becomes a requirement for promotion to senior master sergeant effective Jan. 1, Air Force officials announced Dec. 9 as part of a policy change.The change in the professional military education

  • President signs bill, aids military spouses

    The President signed a bill Nov. 11 to help ease the strain on military families who frequently travel from state to state and country to country.President Barack Obama signed the bill, known as the 'Military Spouses Residency Relief Act,' as an amendment to the 2003 Servicemembers Civil Relief

  • Kandahar Airmen complete 265,000 push-ups

    Sixty-three members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing completed a total of 265,597 push-ups throughout the month of November.Nov. 30 ended the wing's 30-day challenge in which Airmen were challenged to complete 10,000 push-ups between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. Tech. Sgt. Jason Whitehorn, of the 451st

  • Base personnel work to build a strong marriage team

    Being a good parent and spouse isn't something that comes natural to people all the time. With increasingly high divorce rates in today's society, military personnel may face obstacles with balancing their work and family lives, even though one may influence the other.The base chapel staff hosted

  • 41st AS captain takes 2nd at Marine Corps Marathon

    While some Air Force people begrudgingly plod out their required 1.5 mile fitness test run, one Little Rock Air Force Base captain ran the equivalent of more than 17 fitness tests on his day off when he completed the Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 25 in Washington, D.C.Capt. Jacob Johnson, a 41st