• MWD handlers pause for training

    Every day, military working dogs are deployed around the world to accomplish the Air Force mission by serving in a variety of roles such as tracking, search and rescue, or bomb detection. Their role is paramount to keeping Airmen and communities safe, but what happens if a military working dog gets

  • CE touts well-done BEEF Project

    Airmen from the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron completed a more than two-month training exercise to ensure they are mission-ready at any given moment. Because of varying specialties within the civil engineering career field, the Base Engineer Emergency Force exercise, nicknamed Prime BEEF, allowed an

  • A Wingman 24/7

    Being a wingman is more than providing guidance and encouragement to other Airmen while supporting the Air Force mission. Sometimes an Airman has to be their own wingman to further maintain the Air Force mission. Airmen can strengthen themselves by applying resilience skills learned in Wingman Day

  • A Stable Relationship

    The riding stables are a valuable benefit at Little Rock Air Force Base. The stables are capable of boarding 45 horses and currently there are 30 or more horses. Active-duty, Guard, Reserve and retirees are all able to take advantage of this program. Members must take care of their horses by keeping

  • Combat Arms

    The mobility mission at Little Rock Air Force Base requires Airmen to be trained and prepared to answer the Nation's call and provide safe and efficient combat airlift capabilities downrange as part of rapid global mobility. In order to provide that support to wartime operations, deployment

  • Unforgiving Arkansas weather

    Arkansas weather can sometimes be relentless, dishing out stifling heat, tornadoes, floods, lightning, high winds and damaging hail during the summer months. Arkansas has many heat and tornado-related weather threats.According to the National Weather Service, heat is one of the most deadly

  • Keeping students safe during the school year

    As summer rolls around, children and teens are in transition from the summer heat into the cool classrooms.Little Rock Air Force Base does its part to keep students safe at all times during the school year. "There are two schools on base," said Jeff Bardsley, 19th Security Forces chief of plans and

  • In the thick of it: 34th Combat Training Squadron

    Recently, I was able to witness one of the combat exercises that the 34th Combat Training Squadron conducts at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Ft. Polk, Louisiana.The mission of the 34th CTS is to provide tailored joint mobility training to produce combat-ready Airmen and Soldiers. The