A Look Inside AETC

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. – Staff Sergeant Alex Darby and Staff Sgt. Brad Homan of the 189 Airlift Wing Aerial Port push a cargo pallet from the K-Loader onto a C-130. Both sergeants were part of a training exercise with the Army National Guard Emergency Response Team from Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark. The 189th Airlift Wing trains C-130 aircrew instructor candidates to become instructors in the respective crew positions, so that they may return to their units and help keep their unit members combat ready. The wing also operates the Air National Guard Enlisted Aircrew Academic School, which trains all the Air Force’s C-130 entry-level loadmasters before they are sent across base to the 314th Airlift Wing for initial and mission qualification training. Additionally, the academic school is one of two flight engineer schools to provide entry-level flight engineer training for Air Force flight engineers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dianna Seerey)