About Little Rock Air Force Base | Jacksonville, AR - Official Website
An Airman from 19th Operations Support Squadron prepares to land at Blackjack DZ
Little Rock AFB is a 6,217-acre installation with a resident population of approximately 3,332 and a working population of approximately 7,200. Today, Little Rock AFB is the home of C-130 Combat Airlift—the largest fleet of C-130s and the primary C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense (DoD), training C-130 pilots, navigators, flight engineers, and load masters from all branches of the US military in tactical airlift and aerial delivery. The 19th Airlift Wing is assigned to the 18th Air Force of Air Mobility Command, which is headquartered out of Scott AFB, Illinois. It is home to C-130H and C-130J aircraft, as well as the C-130 Center of Excellence (i.e., schools for C-130H and C-130J crews).
In addition to training over 1,200 students each year, 314th Airlift Wing, a tenant unit, has the DoD’s largest international flying training program with more than 150 international students.2 The 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 4 is a tenant unit on Little Rock AFB and supports over 808 active, guard, and reserve C-130 units worldwide. The 373rd Training Squadron Det. 4 at Little Rock AFB trains approximately 1,600 maintainers annually in C-130 maintenance career fields. The airfield at Little Rock AFB is used primarily to support C-130 air operations. The C-130 airlift training mission at Little Rock AFB requires training areas that allow for the dropping of crates, heavy equipment, and personnel without disturbing the local community. Drop zones (DZs) and drop/landing zones (LZs) in other locations, such as the All-American LZ at Camp Robinson and LRAFB-owned Blackjack DZ in White County, provide crucial training opportunities. Agreements with numerous regional airports also allow for periodic use for transition training and instrument procedures training.