• Colombia: One Airman's dynamic deployment

    Maj. Nina Padalino, a 19th Airlift Wing deputy staff judge advocate, recently returned home from a unique deployment to one of South America's largest cities.Padalino was an Airman assigned to Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, when she received the rare opportunity to travel more than 2,600

  • More efficient processes aid Airmen receive eye surgery

    Airmen seeking corrective eye surgery, such as LASIK, can now receive corneal refractive surgery faster at the 19th Medical Group here.Thanks to diligence and hard work at the optometry clinic, there's no longer a waitlist and more active-duty Airmen can receive corneal refractive surgery (CRS)."I'm

  • Jet Fuel Storage: Fill to Fly

    The 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight works daily to ensure eight flying squadrons achieve their mission objectives at Little Rock Air Force Base. Without petrol or Airmen refuelers, the Little Rock AFB flightline would be nothing more than an oversized parking lot. Before

  • LRAFB Airman assists Afghan Air Force

      (Lt. Col. Christopher Garcia, 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron director of operations, stands in front of an Afghan Air Force C-130 Hercules at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Garcia assisted in training the first Afghan C-130 crew while assigned to the

  • Little Rock Airmen attend air mobility convention

    On Oct. 31, Airmen from Little Rock Air Force Base took part in a conference that transformed Nashville, Tennessee, into "The Mobility Capital of the World." Military members and civilians associated with the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command, converged in Tennessee's capital for the 46th Annual

  • 19th OSS weather flight: forecasting the unpredictable

    The 19th Operations Support Squadron weather flight plays a stellar part in the mission of Little Rock Air Force Base. The team of eight Airmen is responsible for monitoring weather to protect resources and personnel, as well as providing weather support for anything flying in and out of The Rock.

  • Happy 60th Anniversary to the Herk!

    The C-130 Hercules reaches a major milestone Aug. 23 marking the 60th anniversary of its first flight at Burbank, California, in 1954. According to a Lockheed Martin press release, to date, more than 2,500 C-130s have been ordered and/or delivered to 63 nations. Plus, it has the longest, continuous

  • Team Little Rock EOD is the bomb!

    The ability to neutralize threats and take control of a hazardous situation is the first priority of any military team. From working in a medical clinic to flying in an aircraft, every Airman plays an important role in the impact of the mission encompassing them. The Airmen at the 19th Civil