... Among the highlights were tours and demonstrations by the base fire and security police departments and a visit to the C-130 simulator. Boys and girls age 12 to 18 can join the Civil Air Patrol cadet program. Joining the Civil Air Patrol does ...

... president requested, for lightweight mine-resistant vehicles, called MRAPs, and $2.7 billion for eight C-17 and seven C-130 cargo planes that the Pentagon did not ask for. On the nonmilitary front, there are $10.4 billion in development and ...

... flags and leaped into their fathers' arms as the first C-130 to return to the United States from war duty landed Monday ... and their wives after they learned Sunday that a sister C-130 cargo plane had been the first coalition airplane to land ...

HIGHFILL (AP) -- An Air Force C-130 cargo plane went off a runway at Northwest Arkansas Regional ... Airport officials said a crosswind appeared to have pushed the C-130 Hercules off the runway during a training mission. An airport ...

JACKSONVILLE -- Crew members of a C-130 say they were surprised when they suddenly encountered fog ... of the pavement. Government attorneys questioned why the C-130 attempted to land without using an instrument landing system ...

... this year at the same base where its members have trained C-130 crews for 14 years, it will be a unit with a new mission ... mission. The Little Rock Air Force Base is the largest C-130 base in the world. When it reactivates later this year ...

... hospitals and state agencies to be ready to provide aid. Little Rock Air Force Base announced that it was sending two C-130 aircraft to pick up medical evacuation teams from other states to have them on standby in Texas for rapid response. Other ...

... over 20 years. Retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1994, he is employed by Lockheed Martin as an instructor at the C-130 Center of Excellence, Little Rock AFB. Whaley has a degree in instructional technology and military science from the ...

... Arkansas State University in Beebe. He has served full time active duty with the U.S. Air Force for 10 years and is a C-130 E Loadmaster. He has been to three Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom tours. A July 19 wedding at ...

... jobs for central Arkansas. The Joint Cargo Aircraft, a venture of both the Army and Air Force, would be similar to a C-130. Pryor said the aircraft could be housed at the Little Rock Air Force Base, where C-130s are already located, or at ...