• Governor, Attorney General receive ESGR awards

    Arkansas' Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented patriotic awards to Gov. Mike Beebe, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and four others at a ceremony in the governor's conference room in the state capital June 3. Also receiving awards were Timothy Gauger of the governor's office, and

  • Chief earns Guard's 'Red' Erwin award

    An Arkansas Air National Guard loadmaster was named the Air National Guard's Henry E. "Red" Erwin Outstanding Career Aviator of the Year award, Senior NCO category, for calendar year 2007. Chief Master Sgt. Richard W. Merriman, formerly with the 154th Training Squadron and now assigned to the 189th

  • WW II-era airport could roar back to life for C-130 NVG training

    A North-Central Arkansas airport may soon be alive again with the hum of military aircraft engines, similar to the way it was in the 1940s when Army Air Force pilots trained there. Members of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 154th Training Squadron hope to begin using the Walnut Ridge Airport later

  • Arkansas Air Guard unit earns 'Satisfactory' rating

    The Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing earned a passing score from Air Education and Training Command inspectors April 6-13. The wing was graded Satisfactory, indicating the unit meets mission requirements and that "procedures and activities are carried out in an effective and

  • Woman should be proud of service

    Wilma Vaught is like many other Air Force women - the brigadier general has earned medals, promotions, advanced degrees and other honors, but she has never been one for singling herself and other women out from any other Airmen in the service. But that all changed after meeting a World War I female

  • 189th AMPd to see latest modified C-130

    Arkansas Air National Guard Airmen and the media received a sneak peak at the Arkansas Air National Guard's newest plane - the C-130 AMP - when it arrived here March 21, for a show-and-tell session. AMP stands for avionics modernization program. The C-130 AMP on display was a 1980s era C-130H2.5

  • NCO introduces cutting-edge training

    A staff sergeant with the 714th Training Squadron here was part of a team that is helping to place Little Rock Air Force Base on the leading edge of training technology. Staff Sgt. Todd Kohler, C-130 loadmaster subject matter expert, worked with a team from Air Education and Training Command and

  • Senior NCO earns Guard award

    A 189th Civil Engineering Squadron senior NCO was named the Air National Guard's Outstanding Civil Engineer Manager of the Year in the Reserve Component senior NCO category for fiscal year 2007. Senior Master Sgt. Willard Helmick, the unit's operations superintendent, earned the award based on his