Little Rock Air Force Base

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Little Rock Air Force Base
Jacksonville, Arkansas in United States of America
A C-130J Super Hercules taxis onto the flight line at Little Rock AFB after returning from supporting operations in Southwest Asia in September 2015.
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Coordinates	34°55′01″N 092°08′47″W / 34.91694°N 92.14639°W / 34.91694; -92.14639
Type	US Air Force base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.littlerock.af.mil
Site history
Built	1953 (1953) – 1955
In use	1955 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Denny R. Davies
Garrison	19th Airlift Wing (host) 189th Airlift Wing 314th Airlift Wing 913th Airlift Group
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: LRF, ICAO: KLRF, FAA LID: LRF, WMO: 723405
Elevation	94.4 metres (310 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 07/25 3,659.7 metres (12,007 ft) concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Little Rock Air Force Base (IATA: LRF, ICAO: KLRF, FAA LID: LRF) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The facility covers 6,217 acres (2,516 ha) with a resident population of over 3,300 and working population of approximately 7,200.^[2]

Little Rock AFB is the primary C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense, training C-130 pilots, navigators, flight engineers, and loadmasters from all branches of the US military in tactical airlift and aerial delivery. 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).

The host unit at Little Rock AFB is the 19th Airlift Wing (19 AW), assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 18th Air Force. The wing provides the Department of Defense the largest C-130 Hercules transport fleet in the world, supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, as well as airdropping supplies and troops into the heart of contingency operations in hostile areas.

Other organizations at Little Rock AFB include the 189th Airlift Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard, and the C-130 division of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. All of these organizations fly the C-130 Hercules.

Little Rock Air Force Base is the fourth largest employer in the state of Arkansas, with a local economic impact of $813.6 million.^[3]