• Airman with the Right Stuff wins award

    Staff Sgt. JuanĀ Roman, a 19th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist, won theĀ fiscal year 2012 AQC Annual Contracting and Right Stuff Award.Roman led a seven member team to a $10 million end of fiscal year, with 70 percent of his team having less than two years experience. The team went on to

  • Air Force suspends military tuition assistance

    In the wake of sequestration, the Air Force officially suspended military tuition assistance March 11.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced the Air Force has officially suspended military TA for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The program will continue to be evaluated to determine the

  • Education Bill for Military Children Passes

    A new education bill passed March 5, after an official ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., easing transitions for military children who frequently move because of their families' service.Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed the bill Tuesday, marking Arkansas as the 44th state to adopt the Interstate

  • Military Saves Weeks at Little Rock AFB

    Little Rock Air Force Base experienced a week full of financial advice, free money and fun for all ages Feb. 25 through March 1, during Military Saves Week. Each day brought new and refreshing ways for Team Little Rock to save and spend money responsibly."The primary reason for Military Saves Week

  • Rock Aerial Porters honor fallen comrade

    With synchronized and precise movements, the columns in the flight pivoted around the street corner. After the last column cleared the corner, the flight was stepping in unison, left and right feet gracing the pavement one after the other. With the guide-on held high and the pack of port dogs from

  • The legacy of a fighter, caregiver

    (Editor's Note: Senior Airman Regina Agoha, 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, wrote a story about Mrs. Gayles in Oct. 2012, highlighting breast cancer awareness and celebrating Gayles being a survivor for 11 years).She cared for countless children over a 25 year span, she celebrated life with her

  • This is Public Affairs

    "Is this TMO?" Daily visitors to building 1255, the consolidated support center, often pop into room 138, the former home of the Traffic Management Office looking for Wingate Travel or help with household good shipments. While this question has become a running joke within the Public Affairs office

  • Airman's initiative soars

    Airmen are always encouraged to set themselves apart from the group and think outside the "box." They have been told to be innovative, an exemplification of the core values and a true example to the generations that will follow. Senior Airman Yolanda Gabriel, a 19th Comptroller Squadron financial

  • AF leaders: Sequestration, more budget cuts will be devastating

    Sequestration would leave the Air Force with untrained people, a lack of equipment and be "devastating" to the service, officials said Feb. 7.The warning echoes what Department of Defense officials have stated for months about across-the-board defense cuts, in addition to an ongoing continuing