• Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Alescia Paggett

    Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Alescia Paggett   Unit:  314th Maintenance Group   Position:  Plans and Scheduling NCO in charge   Hometown:  Jonesboro, Louisiana   Time on Station/ Time in Service: 13 mos/7 yrs   CORE VALUE: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alescia Paggett, 314th Maintenance

  • H-21B Workhorse: Heritage Park’s newest arrival

    A unique aircraft recently joined Little Rock Air Force Base’s fleet. However, it’s not a C-130J and it won’t be taking off any time soon. The H-21B assault helicopter stands out among the other static displays at Heritage Park. The helicopter is painted bright silver metallic and has two tandem

  • Walk to Inspire

    If someone told you they were going to walk for 24 hours straight, what would you think? “Why?” and “Are you crazy?” are likely responses, especially given it’s in the middle of summer with the heat index rising well above 90F with full humidity.Would your initial thought that this was a ludicrous

  • Archery Club

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathan Busk, 19th AircraftMaintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulics systems journeyman, will be holding anarchery club meeting at 8 a.m. July 14, 2016, at the Walters CommunitySupport Center on Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.,  to discuss the future of opening up the

  • OSI seeks special agents

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking for enlisted Airmen from any career field to cross train as an AFOSI Special Agent.  Applicants should be senior airmen, staff sergeants or technical sergeants and have 3 to 11 years of time in service. AFOSI Det. 327 routinely holds

  • Little Rock AFB pushes through construction with Expo

    Little Rock Air Force Base, the Home of Combat Airlift and the Center of Excellence, is no stranger to high operation tempo. Deployment and training operations haven’t slowed down since the runway construction kicked off in July 2015. Since 1955, the base’s runway has been utilized for a variety of

  • Little Rock AFB modernizes fleet with final C-130J

    A brand new C-130J aircraft delivered to Little Rock Air Force Base June 20, 2016, marks the beginning of a modern legacy of global reach capabilities. With this aircraft delivery, which is the final C-130J to arrive from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, the 19th Airlift Wing is

  • Black Knights deliver Combat Airlift at Swift Response ‘16

    Two 19th Airlift Wing C-130Js and crews from the 41st and 61st Airlift Squadrons participated in Exercise Swift Response ’16, one of the premier military crisis response training events in the world for multinational airborne forces.   The exercise included more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from

  • C-130J carries on Herculean legacy

    Six decades have passed since the C-130 aircraft was introduced to the United States Air Force in 1950.  The aircraft, now known as the workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, has remained the longest continuously produced military aircraft, marking it the fifth aircraft to achieve 50 years of consecutive