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  • Lorenz on Leadership -- Sustaining a wingman culture

    On April 20, a 22-year-old man with a history of violence walked into a bookstore in Wichita Falls, Texas, and started shooting. He wounded four women, then drove to a bar and killed an employee outside before he drove home and took his own life. This tragedy sounds like so many we hear about on the

  • D. Baxter Bobcat prowls Luke

    It's not every day a bobcat is loose on Luke Air Force Base, but that was the case April 27 when Arizona Diamondbacks mascot D. Baxter Bobcat came for a tour and video shoot for an upcoming Diamondbacks game.Baxter reported at 6:30 a.m. to work out with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, which

  • Luke welcomes Danish air force

    About 100 members from the Royal Danish air force fighter wing deployed to Luke Air Force Base recently for a monthlong F-16 combat enhancement training mission. Maj. Michael Rosenkrands, Danish detachment commander, said they do a lot of their training outside of Denmark because of its size and for

  • 56th LRS wins AF Daedalian award

    The 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron earned the 2009 Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Readiness Award, also known as the Daedalian Award, for providing exceptional logistics support for Luke Air Force Base and the entire Air Force.The 56th LRS had awe-inspiring feats in 2009 by

  • 310th exercises with Marines

    Members of the 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit readied jets for action before 310th Fighter Squadron pilots took to the skies over Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., pitting the air-to-air capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon against Marine Corps Air Station Miramar's F-18 Hornets April 9

  • CPTS No. 1 in travel pay accuracy

    The finance department at Luke Air Force Base was No. 1 in the Air Force with a 98 percent travel pay accuracy rating last month after they adopted a new procedure they learned on the flightline.Maj. Quy Nguyen, 56th Comptroller Squadron commander, said they achieved these great numbers by learning

  • Luke remembers Holocaust, honors survivors, liberators

    As the realities of the Holocaust stunned the world, "Never Again," was the world's sentimental outcry. However, history has taught us that when the world stops being vigilant, genocide recurs. In 1994, in just 100 days, Rwanda's Hutu people murdered 800,000 Tutsi people. Since the mid-1990s, four

  • Leading Airmen through force management

    The Chief of Staff of the Air Force recently announced that our service must reduce its personnel end strength to meet congressionally-mandated limits. Air Force retention is currently at a 15-year high, which is a testament to the tremendous dedication of our Airmen serving during a time of

  • U.S. Olympic medalists visit Luke

    Four members of the U.S. Olympic team who medaled in the recent Winter Games in Vancouver visited Luke Air Force Base April 15 and 16. The trip brought the Olympians to the West Valley to meet Luke's Airmen and see activities the base performs each day.The team U.S.A. Olympians included mogul skiers

  • Protecting water source vital - ESOHCAMP 11 days away

    Although storm water runoff is simply rainwater, it flows over land and can become a problem. When it picks up and carries sediment and contaminants from streets, rooftops and lawns, it carries them to surface water bodies and ground water through the soil causing contamination. Storm water is a