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  • Arkansas Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing Takes 1st C-130J Flight

    The 189th Airlift Wing conducted its first training flight in a J-model C-130 Feb. 7, a key step in the C-130J conversion process.The 189th will continue maintaining an H-model schoolhouse as it progresses toward initial operational capability as a C-130J schoolhouse. This would expand training

  • Communications flight fulfills untraditional role during Cyber Shield 2023

         Through the mass of cyber operators and defenders during Cyber Shield 2023, one group of participants held strong even without a traditional cyber background. As blue and red teams battled within the cyber domain, 15 Airmen from the 189th Communications Flight supported the exercise by using

  • FAR UV light system upgrades for wing

    Due to the high success rate of the initial FAR UV installation throughout the Department of Defense, AFWERX recently awarded an additional $1M to the FAR UV company’s production program, enabling them to engineer an updated version of the FAR UV light system. The new system now features replaceable

  • LRS helps establish economic hub at Little Rock AFB

         Department of Defense resources are a hot commodity. With budget restrictions and changes, the need to utilize resources smartly is important more now than ever. Recently, members of the 189th Logistics Readiness Squadron partnered with active duty and other Guard units to obtain and repurpose

  • Cyber instructors share expertise with EAST Initiative scholars

    Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics: The STEM initiative's building blocks are prominent in Arkansas. As a cyber state, the 223rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron works hand-in-hand with the state’s school system to ensure students have every opportunity to about cybersecurity and ways to

  • IG team utilizes LIVE program for immersive training

    A little more than a month ago, Air Education and Training initiated the Leading Inclusively Virtual Experience, or LIVE program, modernizing the way military leaders and Guardsmen train to take care of their Airmen. The sessions help grow inclusive-minded leaders and provide different opportunities

  • Force Support: the face of enlistment

    One of the most behind-the-scenes jobs in the United States Air Force is FSS, better known as the Force Support Squadron. FSS is the backbone of all that we do in the military; it is something that everyone’s career goes through, whether that is initial enlistments, awards, promotions, retirement,

  • Community and Guardsmen build aviation and defense workforce

    The 189th Maintenance Group in partnership with the Arkansas Aerospace and Defense Alliance conducted the annual Arkansas Aerospace Alliance Business and Industry Day on Jan. 5, 2022, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The exposition was held at the 189th Airlift Wing’s maintenance group and