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  • 1st. Lt. Brett Burnside

    We have been following the F-35 Basic Course student pilots as they get ready to graduate. Learn from 1st. Lt. Brett Burnside why he wanted to become an F-35 pilot and the path it took to get here.

  • Fighter Jet Memory

    Everyone has a favorite flightline memory. It may be your first time sending off a jet as a crew chief, stepping for flight for the first time, or bringing your friends or family to watch a landing from the EOR. Here's some of ours!

  • F-35 B-Course Capstone Flights

    A 56th Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II pilot takes off from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., July 17, 2017. F-35 pilots faced off against F-16 Fighting Falcons during a capstone flight exercise as part of the first F-35 basic course at Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

  • Airman finds recipe for Improvement

    To further hone their culinary skills and inspire food service Airmen to think outside the box when it comes to cooking, Thunderbolts at the Ray V. Hensman and Falcon Inn Dining Facilities created the Chef Mentoring Program.

  • Logistic Readiness Squadron

    The Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels flight does more than just refuel jets. They area vital piece of getting the aircraft off the ground every day and making our mission of building the future of air power possible.

  • Luke hosts run clinic, maintains fit to fight Airmen

    The 56th Fighter Wing is holding a run clinic from July 10 to August 4. The clinic is designed to help Airmen achieve their fitness goals, perform better on PT tests and directly contribute to building the future of Airpower.

  • External pylon training increases F-35A weapons payload capability

    Active duty and Reserve Airmen here recently initiated certification training to load external pylons on F-35As assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing. The removable pylons are used to secure external munitions under the aircraft’s wings greatly enhancing its combat capability. Up until now, maintainers

  • Harness Training

    SSgt Jose Ochoa talks about the importance of parachute safety for all personnel who fly or may fly.

  • Load Crew Competition

    Airman 1st Class Julian Domingo, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, tags a GBU-12 Paveway II during the quarterly load crew competition at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., July 7, 2017. The goal of the competition was to load two GBU-12s in under 30 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior