Control tower

The Little Rock Air Force Base control tower plays an important role in Team Little Rock’s mission of delivering premiere C-130 airlift and installation excellence. Incoming and outgoing aircraft communicate with the control tower to report their flight patterns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Muro)

Control tower

Airman 1st Class Travis Orndorff, a 19th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller apprentice, watches a plane take off from the flight line August 7, 2014, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Orndorff and other air traffic controllers communicate with aircraft to coordinate their movements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Muro)

Control tower

Airman 1st Class Travis Orndorff, a 19th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller apprentice, looks over the flight line August 7, 2014, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The control tower is located near the flight line so the air traffic controllers can see plane movements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Muro)

Control tower

Senior Airman Diana Ferree, a 19th Communications Squadron client systems technician, analyzes a computer in the control tower August 7, 2014, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Air traffic controllers use computers to supervise and analyze aircraft patterns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Muro)

Watching the skies

Published Aug. 14, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Mercedes Muro
19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The control tower plays a vital part in Little Rock Air Force Base's mission of delivering premiere C-130 airlift and installation excellence. Air traffic controllers work in a high-intensity environment communicating with incoming and outgoing aircraft to complete their mission. The 19th Operations Support Squadron Airmen are the base's ever-vigilant eyes watching the flightline and the distant skies.