• 314th Airlift Wing changes hands

    Col. Rowayne A. Schatz, Jr. assumed command of the 314th Airlift Wing from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Kip L. Self in a change of command ceremony held here today. General Self leaves the 314th Airlift Wing to be the commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Fort Dix, N.J. The

  • Guard recruiter receives national honors

    An Arkansas Air National Guard senior NCO recently was named the Air National Guard's Outstanding Recruiting and Retention Superintendent of the Year. Senior Master Sgt. Jesse J. "Buddy" Burns of Beebe earned the top honors, according to an Air National Guard message released in April. As the

  • Little Rock Airman Killed in Iraq

    Staff Sgt. John Self, a security forces specialist from the 314th Squadron Forces Squadron, was killed Monday by a roadside bomb near Baghdad, Iraq. Sergeant Self has been in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since September on a 365-day deployment. "John volunteered for this deployment

  • WIC Students Put Planning to the Test

    Students in the Weapons Instructor Course here put five and a half months of instruction the test last week during a massive force entry assault. Units from all over Little Rock Air Force Base participated in the largest Mobility Air Forces Exercise this decade on May 11. Students began planning May

  • 463rd OSS on top of game

    The 463rd Operations Support Squadron is the 2006 best small OSS unit in Air Mobility Command, announced Air Force officials recently. Members of the unit beat out other AMC units for a sixth time in seven years to be known as the best in their class. It's not luck that is the reason this team of 56

  • General reflects on time here, leaves parting message to all Airmen

    As the 314th Airlift Wing Commander, Brig. Gen. Kip Self, prepares to hand over command of the C-130 Center of Excellence Wednesday, he discussed the past 21 months in command. A ceremony will be held in front of Base Operations with General Self relinquishing command to Col. Rowayne Schatz, Jr.,

  • 314 AW/CC: base, community are one

    "Mission - People - Community" are three things 314th Airlift Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Kip Self has preached since taking command of the 314th Airlift Wing and Little Rock Air Force Base in September 2005. Little Rock AFB is a valuable component the community, just has it has always been, but the

  • Razorback Inn Scores Win For Little Rock

    Lodging facilities across Air Education and Training Command competed to be named best of the best and Little Rock Air Force Base came out on top. The Razorback Inn earned the AETC Inns of Excellence Award for 2007. "Evaluators spent three days here and were impressed by the quality of the