Team Little Rock brings home 9 trophies from AMC RODEO

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LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --  Team Little Rock won nine trophies at this year's Air Mobility Command RODEO at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., including the highly coveted Best C-130 Wing honor, which was won by the 19th Airlift Wing.

The awards won include:

Best Aerial Port Team - 19th Airlift Wing

Best C-130 Engine Run Offload Team - 19th Airlift Wing/19th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Best In-Transit Visibility Team - 19th Airlift Wing/19th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Best C-130 Short Field Landing - 19th Airlift Wing C-130 E/H Team

Best C-130 Preflight Team - 19th Airlift Wing C-130J Team

Best C-130 Maintenance Team - 19th Airlift Wing C-130J Team

Best Backing Up Combat Offload - 314th Airlift Wing C-130J Team

Best C-130 Postflight Team - 314th Airlift Wing C-130E Team

"I said before we left Little Rock that Air Mobility Rodeo will test our ability to produce Combat Airlift and help improve Global Reach precision and velocity," said Col. Greg Otey, 19th Airlift Wing commander. "Team Little Rock has been represented this week by some of our nation's best Airmen. Both wings have reason to be proud after this intense Rodeo competition. But it took all of Team Little Rock to prepare us for this week. My hat's off to our whole team for a job well done."

The RODEO is AMC's Olympics of Air Force professional airlift abilities. The competition, held July 19-24 at McChord AFB, draws the "Best of the Best" from air forces around the world. More than 40 teams and 2,500 people from U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and selected foreign countries competed this year.