Master Sgt. Jeffrey Hardsock, 302nd Maintenance Squadron, identifies maintenance issues Jan. 8 with Lt. Col. Chris Cantu at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Colonel Cantu, acting commander for the 19th Operations Group based at Little Rock AFB, Ark., visited the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson to get a better look at operations and maintenance personnel and the challenges they face as they continue to integrate with Active Duty Airmen of the 52nd Airlift Squadron. Both the squadron and the 302nd AW have combined under Total Force Integration to make effective use of C-130 Hercules aircraft in support of Air Force objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Chief Master Sgt. Mike Sanchez, 302nd Maintenance Group production superintendent, discusses maintenance challenges Jan. 8 with Lt. Col. Chris Cantu at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Colonel Cantu, acting commander for the 19th Operations Group based at Little Rock AFB, Ark., visited the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson to get a better look at operations and maintenance personnel and the challenges they face as they continue to integrate with Active Duty Airmen of the 52nd Airlift Squadron. Both the squadron and the 302nd AW have combined under Total Force Integration to make effective use of C-130 Hercules aircraft in support of Air Force objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Little Rock leaders gets glimpse of Total Force Integration

Published Jan. 20, 2010
By Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier
302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Lt. Col. Chris Cantu, acting commander for the 19th Operations Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., visited the men and women of the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing Jan. 8 to gain a better perspective of the wing's ongoing active association with the 52nd Airlift Squadron, an Active Duty C-130 Hercules organization assigned to the 19th OG. The visit shed light on successes since the squadron's reactivation and continuing challenges facing both the Air Force Reserve and Active Duty Air Force as they integrate C-130 tactical transport operations under the 302nd AW.