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  • Halloween Safety

    Halloween is a night when witches, zombies, werewolves and other mysterious creatures come out to prowl the streets, but the dangers children and adults face aren't from the monsters."On average, twice as many child pedestrians are killed while walking on Halloween compared to any other day of the

  • Newly renovated Community Commons gets its ribbon cutting

    Col. David Shoemaker, 56th Fighter Wing vide commander, was joined by Arizona Cardinals football players and cheerleaders to cut the ribbon for the Community Commons at building 700 Oct. 25, 2016, in celebration of its grand opening.Building 700 has been under renovations for the past year to become

  • Lightning I pilot meets Lightning II, shares stories

    Retired Maj. Earl Conrad Jr., a World War II fighter pilot who flew the original P-38 Lightning, visited Luke Air Force Base Oct. 3, 2016, to get a glimpse of the F-35 Lightning II, the namesake of the legendary fighter aircraft which dominated the skies over the Pacific during his time in service.

  • Young thunderbolts learn about deployments

    The 56th Force Support Squadron’s staff held its biannual mock deployment event at the Ability to Survive and Operate area Oct. 15 at Luke Air Force Base. The event, code-named Operation Kids, was held to show children of military members the duty and life of an Airman who is deployed.

  • Fire prevention week ends with parade and open house

    National Fire Prevention Week came to a conclusion on Saturday Oct. 15th with a parade around base and through housing that featured fire trucks and Sparky the Fire Dog. With sirens blasting throughout the base, families greeted the men and women of the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron fire & emergency

  • Remains of fighter pilot hero return home after 10 years

    This week, nearly 10 years after he was killed in combat operations in Iraq, U.S. forces brought home the remains of F-16 pilot Maj. Troy Gilbert, who died saving the lives of U.S. service members and coalition allies.

  • Flag Football Season underway

    Flag football season began August 29 here with a matchup between the 56th Force Support Squadron and the 607th Air Control Squadron.  Along with the other twelve teams they played for the number one spot in the first weeks games. “This season will be a good one,” said Jemia Fournier-Allen, 56th

  • Weather forecaster retires after 50 plus years of service

    A civilian, with the 56th Operations Support Squadron weather flight, is retiring after 52 years of combined military and federal service. Mr. Ronald Presnal spent much of his life working in the weather career field at several bases, and saw many changes to his career field, before medical problems

  • 61st FS F-35 ground emergency at Mt. Home AFB

    An Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing experienced a ground emergency at about 12:20 p.m. Eastern Time today at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.