U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Joe Knable
On the cover
Tech. Sgt. Steve Nader, 34th Combat Training Squadron loadmaster, loads an Army Humvee, onto a 41st Airlift Squadron C-130J bound for Haiti at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Jan. 19. The Airmen and aircraft were sent in support of Operation Unified Response, a relief effort to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ethan Morgan
Combat Airlifter of the Week
Tech. Sgt. Terrance Goldsmith, 19th Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance analysis NCO-in-charge, updates scheduled meetings for the daily aircraft maintenance unit production meeting. He created and validated 28 weekly and seven monthly reports with data that supported the 19th Airlift Wing’s 74.3 percent average for C-130 mission capable rates for fiscal year 2009.

Team Little Rock unified in Haiti relief effort
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- An augmented crew from Little Rock Air Force Base’s 41st Airlift Squadron flew the base’s eighth C-130 Hercules transport airplane into Haiti Jan. 20 as part of Air Mobility Command’s participation in Operation Unified Response, the Haitian earthquake relief efforts.. Read more...
AF officials return high-year tenure rates to previous
WASHINGTON – Air Force manpower and personnel officials announced Thursday a return of enlisted high-year-of-tenure limits to their pre-2003 levels. Read more...
War stories
I recently had the privilege of spending some time with some World War II veterans from the 62nd Airlift Squadron. This group of veterans and their family members get together during the first week of December each year to reminisce. read more...

Jan. 29, 2010 Issue
This weeks current news briefs and important events happening around LRAFB. read more...