• Air Force updates guidance for wear of PTU

    Air Force officials have updated guidance for wear of the physical training uniform, replacing previous guidance published in Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel. According to a message released from Air Force A1 and signed by Lt. Gen. Richard Y.

  • Airman places second in Race for the Cure 5K

    An Airman from Little Rock Air Force Base took second place from a field of more than 45,000 runners in the Susan G. Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure 5K in downtown Little Rock. Oct. 17.First Lt. Vivien Miller, 19th Medical Group bioenvironmental engineer, said she was happy with her finish and was

  • Craft Bazaar lights up holiday season

    The Little Rock Spouses Club lights up the holiday season with its annual Holiday Craft Bazaar Saturday held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the fitness center. Admission to the bazaar is a $2 donation for adults and kids are admitted free. Little Rock Spouses Club activities raised more than $30,000

  • One Airman's trash is another Airman's training aid

    Several American and Iraqi airmen are working together to move parts from a wrecked C-130 Hercules on Sather Air Base to New Al Muthana AB where they will be used as training aids for Iraqi aircraft maintainers. Little Rock Air Force Base Master Sgt. Dellet Weaver is part of the team recovering the

  • Little Rock Air Force Base NCO Academy graduates

    Tech. Sgt. Abel Alvarez, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jamie Beard, 19th Operations Support Squadron Tech. Sgt. Michale Brinkley, 314th Operations Group Tech. Sgt. Timothy Callahan, 19th AMXS Tech. Sgt. Kerry Cook, 19th AMXS Tech. Sgt. William Crouch, 19th Logistics Readiness

  • Flu symptoms nothing to sneeze at

    Even though nearly 4,100 people have received flu shots at the base clinic, the threat of the seasonal sickness is nothing to sneeze at - especially with the threat of the H1N1 flu.Base medical officials are awaiting shipment of the H1N1 flu vaccine and have instituted new actions for those who have

  • Team Little Rock members selected for OTS

    Five members of Team Little Rock were selected for fiscal 2009 Officer Training School among 1,139 other applicants, of whom 114 were selected. The base's Basic Officer Training selects are: Senior Airman Dane Coppini, 19th Security Forces Squadron, 92T0/Pilot, Staff Sgt. Sean Jensen, 373rd Training

  • Experts to answer H1N1 questions online

    Military Health System experts will host a Web-based town hall-style meeting Nov. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m. EST to respond to questions about H1N1 influenza. Military members, their families, health-care providers and Defense Department civilians may submit questions starting Nov. 2, using the comments

  • Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

    Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 11-13 to select candidates for fall 2010 start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need academic major.