• SMSgt’s family wins contest to visit North Pole, Santa

    What started as a simple essay on the sacrifices a Little Rock Air Force Base family has made in recent years turned into a winning contest submission and a family trip to North Pole, Alaska, to visit Santa and attend the first-ever "Top of the World" Toy Summit. Tanya Spillane, wife of Senior

  • Arkansas ANG unit eyes battlefield from Little Rock

    With their eyes focused on computer screens, intelligence analysts from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 123rd Intelligence Squadron are keeping watch over the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan as they process intelligence live for the nation's war fighters. The unit began analyzing intelligence

  • Enlisted aircrew training winds down at Keesler

    Although packers are busy disconnecting and crating equipment, training continues for the last 10 students in the 1A3 airborne mission system specialist course in the 332nd Training Squadron here. The last Keesler class graduates Tuesday as part of the transition to the Career Enlisted Aviator

  • CC to Airmen: You're the best!

    The 314th Airlift Wing commander held three commander's calls Dec. 15 to update the enlisted force on the upcoming challenges of Little Rock Air Force Base and the changes Airmen will see in coming years. During the 7:30 a.m. commander's call with airmen basic through senior airmen, Gen. Kip Self,

  • Airmen receive NJP in November

    During the month of November, the following members of Little Rock Air Force Base received nonjudicial punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice. 314th Maintenance Squadron A senior airman failed to follow the proper technical order procedures. The member received forfeiture of

  • Air traffic controllers say goodbye to old technology

    In line with Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative, air traffic controllers will say goodbye to a 50-year-old technology Dec. 15, freeing up manpower and saving the Air Force thousands each year. The Precision Approach Radar, or PAR, was developed around World War II to help