Inside the biggest C-130 base in the world: Little Rock AFB

Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas is the largest C-130 base in the world and home of Stateside Hercules training. Curt Jans pays a visit to this super base and talks to the personnel of the 19th AW

Twenty minutes northeast of the Arkansas state capitol building, Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB) is the center of the universe for USAF C-130 operations, the so-called Herk Nation. The 19th Airlift Wing (AW), which is part of Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) Eighteenth Air Force, is the tenant and active duty, combat coded tactical airlift provider and installation host.

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