• 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

  • Little Rock Snapshot: Capt. Jacob Johnson

    Little Rock Snapshot- Capt. Jacob JohnsonStaff Sgt. Jessica ConditQ: SSgt Condit: What is your rank, full name and duty title?A: Capt. Johnson: I'm Captain Jacob Riley Johnson, and a duty title I'm the permanent party flight commander and also a pilot.Q: Do you like being a pilot?A: Yeah! It's not

  • 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

  • 19th LRS lays up a defeat to the 19th CS

    The 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron routed the 19th Communications Squadron with a more than 30-point defeat 73-42, in a one-sided basketball game, Wednesday, March 5, 2013, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The game started off strong for the 19th LRS with a three pointer within the first few

  • 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

  • 19th EMS pays the tab

    0-0-1-3 is an equation that just adds up. For members of the 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, it has merely been one factor helping to solve a greater problem. "As of [Jan. 14,] our unit has been 387 days DUI free" said Maj. Jeffrey Burdette, 19th EMS commander. "That's about 550 Airmen, NCOs,

  • Deployed maintainers keep aircraft aloft in Iraq

    Touted by some as the most versatile aircraft in the Air Force's inventory, the C-130 Hercules can practically do it all. From troop transport, cargo airlift and airdrop to electronic surveillance and aerial attack, this four-turboprop engine airframe is robust, but without the support of aircraft

  • Airman receives Purple Heart

    One Little Rock Air Force Base Airman was honored Oct. 29 at an annual Judge Advocate General's Keystone Leadership Conference in Dallas. Capt. Wendy Kosek, a Little Rock AFB staff judge advocate, received a Purple Heart from Lt. Gen. Jack Rives, Air Force Judge Advocate General, and Maj. Gen.