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  • Air Force readies for return to enhanced CHES collaboration

    As Microsoft Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams phases out on June 15, a cross-functional team of Air Force communication and acquisition experts are working diligently to welcome the workforce back to the enterprise Office 365 platform, primed to offer more robust features than ever before.

  • LRAFB reopens Assault Landing Zone

    Little Rock Air Force Base reopened its 4,000-foot Assault Landing Zone May 11, which completes Phase 1 of a $180 million project to replace the 65-year-old, 12,000-foot runway.

  • Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems

    Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different

  • Swamp Dash enhances interoperability with mission partners

    Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing executed a large formation launch and training event, designated “Swamp Dash”, with 913th Airlift Group mission partners April 15, which included 13 C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base and two C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Wing at Dyess AFB,

  • 2020 Profiles in Leadership dedication

    Airmen at the Pentagon held a dedication of this year's Profiles in Leadership for the Air Force Reserve Birthday April 16, 2021. Profiles in Leadership highlights exceptional Reserve Citizen Airmen throughout the country.

  • In tents: Intense deployment readiness training

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 913th Force Support Squadron build up an Alaska tent during the 4-day unit training assembly, April 8, 2021, a Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The tent is commonly used during deployments and the training was one of many sessions that took place to ensure

  • Seamless Reserve integration into joint readiness exercise

    U.S. Air Force Reserve aircrew from the 327th Airlift Squadron joined efforts with their active duty counterparts to coordinate and conduct air mobility operations during an U.S. Army Joint Readiness Training event, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 15, 2021.

  • If you must cheat, cheat death: The legacy of the Cheat callsign

    To most people, the word “cheat” may signify deception or trickery. But to the Airmen in the 327th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, being a cheater is a source of pride.When the 327 AS joined the 913th Airlift Group, its callsign was “TUSK,” which was derived from Arkansans love of

  • AFRC Command Chief visits Arkansas’ only Reserve unit

    Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White Jr., the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve and Command Chief Master Sergeant of Air Force Reserve Command, visited Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, April 10, 2021. This was the first opportunity for White to visit the Reserve Citizen