LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Connor Lenke
Unit: 61st Airlift Squadron
Official Duty title: Loadmaster
Hometown: Vacaville, CA
Time in service: 3 years
Time at Little Rock: 1 year, 11 months
Goals: Complete CCAF, start Firefighter Bachelors Degree, OTS, possible civilian career with Guard flying after first enlistment.
Hobbies: Cross-fit, hiking, and TV after a long day/flight after work
Lenke was deployed for four months, flying 42 combat missions, moving 673 tons & 956 personnel to propel counter-ISIS operations.
Additionally, Lenke is vital to the training team, generating 1.5k sorties enabling 7K training events, coordinated 20 HQ missions, and seven joint exercises.
Finally, Lenke streamlined planning and execution culminating in launching eight aircraft, and 16 crews for Mobility Guardian 23.