(On the Cover)
Virgil Moore, Airfield Management Technician, 314th Operations Support Squadron, overlooks the flightline at Little Rock Air Force Base on March 18, 2007. Mr. Moore was honored with the annual AETC Award for Airfield Management Technician of the Year.

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Photo by Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner
Miss Arkansas USA, 2nd Lt. Kelly George, competed in the 2007 Miss USA pageant March 23 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Calif.

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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Airmen with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight push pallets off a C-17 Globemaster Mar. 14. Balad Air Base is the aerial port hub for all of Iraq and the busiest cargo aerial port in the Department of Defense.

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Little Rock Air Force Base


March 30, 2007

Civilian employee wins two AETC awards
Virgil Moore, 314th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Operations Training Manager, was recently awarded the Air Education and Training command Airfield Management Journeyman/Technician Civilian of the Year and the 58th Annual William A. Jump Memorial Award. read more...

Little Rock Airman feeding war machine in Iraq
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — The drone of forklifts moving pallets breaks the smoke-filled haze as members of the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight work against the clock to expedite critical hub-and-spoke missions. read more...

Lieutenant 'happy to be back in Arkansas'
As the lights dimmed on the Kodak Theater stage March 23, Miss Arkansas USA Kelly George, an Air Force second lieutenant and 314th Airlift Wing deputy chief of public affairs, proudly marched off, packed her tiara and evening gown and readied for her next mission. read more...

Updating personnel records readiness vital to mission
Cervical cancer is a deadly disease, killing 4,500 women in the United States each year. read more...

Briefs

March 30, 2007 Issue
This weeks current news briefs and important events happening around LRAFB. read more...

Movies

LRAFB shows movies through AAFES. For more information on this service please call 987-6461. Adults are $3.50, 12 and under are $1.75. To see what movies are playing this week click on this link...

Commentary

Freedom to choose worth fighting for
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNEWS) — Remember second grade when your teacher asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Then she started at the first seat on the far right side of the room. read more...