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  • Veterans Day: Honoring service members, military institutions

    Veterans Day has been set aside to honor the men and women who served in the United States armed forces and the sacrifices they made for their country. It’s also a time for veterans to appreciate what the military has provided for them. For some that’s a new life, self-confidence and a core set of

  • Thunderbolts honor Tuskegee Airmen

     A granite paver was unveiled honoring the World War II Tuskegee Airmen during a Veteran’s Day ceremony Nov. 11, at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix.The ceremony began with Nate Carr, Archer-Ragsdale Arizona Chapter Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated’s treasurer, briefly explaining the history

  • Air Force General receives France’s highest honor

    The oldest living American four star General, was awarded the National Order of The Legion of Honor in the rank of Chevalier 5 November in Scottsdale, Arizona. The award is the highest honor France bestows on its citizens and foreign nationals. Retired Gen. Seth J. McKee list of accomplishments is

  • Airman finds peace in hiking

    Some Airmen reduce stress after duty-hours playing video games and competing in sports to de-stress and recharge. For Staff Sgt. Brando Sompie, 56th Force Support Squadron readiness & mortuary affairs technician, hiking is his way of decompressing. Sompie's job is split up into two sections:

  • Luke Thunderbolt takes first place at Mr. Olympia 2016

    A programs monitor with the 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron  received first place at the Mr. Olympia Pro Powerlifting Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada, Sept. 17, 2016.   Tech Sgt. Benjamin O’Brien beat out the competition at the invitation only, single ply, international

  • 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