• Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman 1st Class Justin Hilliard

    Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Justin HilliardUnit: 61st Airlift SquadronDuty title: C-130J loadmasterHometown: Ithica, New YorkTime in service: 1 year, 5 monthsTime at Little Rock: 1 yearGoals: Reach the rank of chief and retire at 25 yearsHobbies: Cars and racingAir Force Core Value portrayed:

  • Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman 1st Class Aleff Gripp

    Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Aleff GrippUnit: 61st Airlift SquadronDuty title: LoadmasterHometown: Sao Paulo, BrazilTime in service: 1 year, 3 months Time at Little Rock: 1 yearGoals: Make staff sergeant his first time testingHobbies: Woodworking, crypto/stock trading, and drumsAir Force Core

  • 61st Airlift Squadron Airmen deploy

    Airmen from the 61st Airlift Squadron deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to support current overseas contingency operations. The Airmen, attached to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, will aid Operation Resolute Support and Operation Freedom Sentinel as the primary inter-theater airlift

  • Little Rock Airmen facilitate airdrops for frontlines

    Maj. Timothy Lang, an operations officer deployed from the 61st Airlift Squadron, plans and performs combat airdrop missions for the 386thExpeditionary Operations Support Squadron in Southwest Asia in support ofCombined Joint Task Force -- Operations Inherent Resolve.The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

  • Little Rock AFB provides humanitarian support

    Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base dedicated three C-130Js to the delivery of humanitarian aid and disaster relief response for Haiti on Oct. 7, 2016, after the Category 4 hurricane tore through the island. Currently, the U.S. Air Force is ferrying supplies to Haiti

  • Black Knights deliver Combat Airlift at Swift Response ‘16

    Two 19th Airlift Wing C-130Js and crews from the 41st and 61st Airlift Squadrons participated in Exercise Swift Response ’16, one of the premier military crisis response training events in the world for multinational airborne forces.   The exercise included more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from