Little Rock Air Force Base News

The Theodore Campbell Post No. 16 of the American Legion held its Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday night, as the post does each year.As usual, the names of the area's war dead were read aloud; more than 85 of them, though post officers said a new list reflecting those recently killed in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is needed.

Of course, central Arkansas is home to two of our own military bases: Little Rock Air Force Base and Camp Robinson where members of the Arkansas National Guard are stationed.

Senior Airman Erica Peschel prepares to deploy a dropsonde to measure weather conditions as part of Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 10-01 Oct.

Nov. 1--A massive practice mission that took nine weeks to plan brought together more than 2,000 soldiers, airmen and Marines last week on Fort Bragg.

Senior Master Sgt. James Miller watches an Iraqi crane operator remove the left wing from a wrecked C-130 Hercules Oct.

Airman Lucas Berg pours excess JP-8 fuel into a funnel held by Staff Sgt. Clint Lewey Oct.

Dover Air Force Base, Del., has won the 2010 Commander-in-Chief's Award for Installation Excellence for Air Mobility Command.

Senior Airman Alexander Andreassi, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, prepares an aircraft fuel slip prior to refueling a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Sept.

Sunday marks the end of a remarkable career and life of service in uniform for Chief Master Sgt.

Cabot students earn scholarships Ashley Bartels of Cabot is a recipient of a $1,500 college scholarship awarded at Little Rock Air Force Base.

MUTHANA AIR BASE, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2009 - The Iraqi air force officially began fully independent C-130 air operations yesterday, marking the end of the U.S. C-130 air advisory mission here.

Battle tested Story date: Sept. 27, 2009 Local soldier meets the challenge of real-world crisis while stationed in Afghanistan By Airman 1st Class Rochelle Clace 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE - Soldiers have their training put to the test every day, whether it's by exercise or real-life occurrences.

Jacksonville Mayor Gary Fletcher will hold a press conference this afternoon at City Hall to announce their proposal to move the Arkansas State Fair from Little Rock to Jacksonville.

Though it didn't always seem that way, but Adam Cocchiaro was born to fly. Since graduating from Portsmouth High in 2001, Cocchiaro had taken a few classes but really was not heading down the career path he had hoped for.

Boeing's 1st C-130 AMP Trainer For USAF Declared 'Ready For Use' Boeing has completed delivery of the U.S. Air Force's first simulator for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program to Little Rock Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says he's recommending that an upgrade to the C-130 cargo plane be canceled.

Boeing has delivered the U.S. Air Force's first simulator for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program to Little Rock Air Force Base, the company announced Monday.

Members of a contingency response element from the 819th Global Support Squadron, 621st Contingency Response Wing of Joint Base McGuire-Dix.Lakehurst, N.J., assist aeromedical evacuation Airmen carry a mock patient to a C-17 Globemaster III during a training AE mission at the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 at Fort Polk, La., on Aug.

Virgil Ray Yarbrough, 35 year resident of Green Forest, Arkansas departed this life August 20, 2009 in Springfield, Missouri.

The members of the 189th Security Forces Squadron from the 189th Airlift Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard arrived at the Little Rock Air Force Base at about 5:25 p.m. The airmen returned from a six month deployment at Manas Air Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan.