• Little Rock's downrange black-letter beast

    A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Aircraft Maintenance Unit waves the American flag as a C-130J taxis to the runway in Black Letter Initial status Nov. 12, 2014 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircraft was named

  • Altitude chamber takes its last breath

    Senior Airman Devin Theis, a 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron high-altitude airdrop missions technician, instructs Airmen on the proper use of an oxygen mask during altitude training Dec. 8, 2014, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Students undergo hypobaric chamber

  • Combat Airlift Help Dates Back to Korea

    On Dec. 7, 1950, an event unique in the history of combat airlift occurred in the skies over North Korea.  For the first and only time in military history, a bridge was airdropped to ground forces below.On Oct. 19, 1950, hundreds of thousands of communist Chinese  troops of the "People's Volunteer

  • "After 59 years, Little Rock AFB is still home"

    Retired Maj. Julius Budelis has shared a love for his wife and Little Rock Air Force Base for almost 60 years. Budelis is one of the few people who can recall being stationed at "The Rock" the same year the base opened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harry

  • A Patriots Service is Never Finished

    At 76 years old, Jim Elmer is a veteran who continues to proudly serve his country. For a career that almost never was, Elmer would see more than 800 combat hours. These days Elmer spends his time passing along his love of country to future generations."I never thought I would make the Air Force a

  • Little Rock AFB and the Cuban Missile Crisis + 52 Years

         Fifty-two years ago this week, the men and women stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base played a role in one of the most pivotal events of the Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis. Never before, or since, has the world come so close to global nuclear war.          In October 1962, Little Rock