• Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Tamara Hamilton

    NAME: Staff Sgt. Tamara HamiltonUNIT: 913th Maintenance SquadronDUTY TITLE: Crew ChiefHOMETOWN: Sedona, Ariz.COMMENTS: Hamilton has proven herself as a valuable member of the 913 AG. Always being the first to volunteer for additional duties regardless of task difficulty, Hamilton's attention to

  • Comptroller Airman wins big as bodybuilding competitor

    Each year, approximately 18,000 athletes representing more than 70 countries gather to compete in one of America's largest multi-sport festivals. But this year, one of those competitors was unlike any other.U.S. Air Force Capt. Tarah Mitchell, 19th Comptroller Squadron financial analysis flight

  • Commentary: Mile-marker tribute ensures legacy lives on

    (Editor's Note: This year Arkansas helps 143 Gold Star Families, families who have lost a service member, remember their lost loved ones. The fifth annual Arkansas Run for the Fallen event is a cross-state run of 143 miles where each mile marks a state-native fallen hero and has been identified with

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Senior Airman Joshua Chaplin

    NAME: Senior Airman Joshua ChaplinUNIT: 189th Maintenance SquadronPOSITION: Aircraft structural maintenance journeymanHOMETOWN: Pensacola, FloridaTIME ON STATION: Three yearsTIME ON SERVICE: Three yearsCORE VALUE: Service Before SelfHOW DOES THE INDIVIDUAL PORTRAY THAT CORE VALUE: Chaplin

  • Wally's Java now takes meal cards

    Wally's Java, located in the Walter's Community Support Center on base, is now accepting the meal card. Similar to other base eateries, Airmen with meal card access use their common access card for food purchases.Since the Air Force Services Agency has recently approved Wally's menu, meal-card

  • Airmen prepare for 26-mile memorial march in New Mexico dessert

    Two teams of five Little Rock Airmen have been training for several months. The 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen are headed to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico for a 26.2-mile march. They will be trekking through mountainous and sandy terrain to honor fallen WWII troops from the

  • Into the deep: Ensuring air mobility forces ready

    Every day, aircraft from Little Rock soar through the skies and provide combat airlift around the world. One of the last things the aircrew needs is a defective fuel system.Long hours, constant fuel tank repairs and the smell of jet fuel make up a typical day for the maintainers of the 19th

  • Supporting Sorties: 314th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

    U.S. Airmen from the 314th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are proud of the fact that, "if it's in the air, maintenance put it there." 314th AMXS maintainers work nearly every day of the year to ensure more than 20 C-130J aircraft are fit to fly. The maintainers certify aircraft are safe and

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Laketa Kinghorne

    NAME: Staff Sgt. Laketa KinghorneUNIT: 314th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronPOSITION: Commander's Support Staff Noncommissioned officer in chargeHOMETOWN: San Francisco, CaliforniaTIME ON STATION: 1.5 yearsTIME IN SERVICE: 4.5 yearsCORE VALUE PORTRAYED: ExcellenceHOW DOES THE INDIVIDUAL PORTRAY THAT

  • K-9 combine strengthens partnerships

    A pack of K-9 units from 20 law enforcement agencies assembled at Camp Warlord here for a first time meeting.The training day offered handlers an opportunity to share techniques and tactics to improve K-9 operations between agencies."We wanted to bring other police agencies on base so we could see