• AF announces captain selections

    Ninety-five Little Rock Air Force Base members have been selected to become O-3s. The Air Force selected 3,569 first lieutenants for promotion from 3,594 officers considered during the calendar year 2007C captain selection process. The results of the board are as follows: 314th Airlift Wing: James

  • AETC says farewell to unit with rich heritage

    After 65 years of airlift support and history, the 53rd Airlift Squadron Blackjacks have closed their doors as an Air Education and Training Command unit. At a ceremony here Jan. 11, Lt. Col. Thomas Glister, 53rd AS commander, stood with the men and women of the squadron as their unit flag was

  • Memorial set for mother, son

    A memorial service for the wife and son of a 463rd Airlift Group member is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at the Cornerstone Bible Fellowship off US-67/167 in Sherwood, Ark. Air Force Reserve Maj. Carrie Gayle Pedersen, wife of Maj. Jim Pedersen, and their son Lucas were killed in a car accident Jan.

  • Celebrating 50 years of service

    For 50 years, the 123rd Intelligence Squadron has been analyzing and exploiting imagery products for the Defense Department and other governmental agencies. And while the technology has changed, the unit's Airmen still keep their trained eyes focused on the target. The unit, initially established in

  • New commander takes charge of 189th Mission Support Group

    As Lt. Col. Rick Oxner accepted the 189th Mission Support Group's guidon into his hands Dec. 1, he took command of the most diverse group in the 189th Airlift Wing. The colonel, previously the group's deputy commander, took charge of a group that provides communications, civil engineering, security,

  • Former NCO chosen as 189 AW vice commander

    A prior enlisted technical sergeant was named Nov. 7 to fill the No. 2 position in the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing. Col. Jim Summers, 189 AW commander, chose Col. Alice Sanders to fill the wing's vacant vice commander position. Colonel Summers vacated the position when he took

  • Air National Guard wing changes command

    Speaking the words "Sir, I assume command," Col. Jim Summers took command Nov. 3 of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing. With a gigantic American flag as a backdrop, the colonel firmly grasped the wing's flag from Brig. Gen. Riley Porter, Arkansas ANG commander, and handed it off to

  • C-130J training expanding, changing

    Little Rock Air Force Base, the C-130 Airlift Center of Excellence, will expand its C-130J training responsibilities, including training international partners, announced Air Force officials Wednesday. In addition, the 314th Airlift Wing will absorb the domestic training formerly done by the 94th