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  • 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.

  • Luke F-35 pilots enhance capabilities at Mountain Home AFB

    Seven Luke F-35s were at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, September 10 through 24, 2016, for pilot training. While this is not the first time Mountain Home AFB has supported F-35s, it is the first time the base has supported Air Education and Training Command pilot training. “The main objective

  • Luke Pays Tribute to the POW/MIA

    Luke Air Force Base held a ceremony in honor of Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action Sept. 16, 2016, holding a two-day vigil.

  • Luke achieves 10,000 F-35 flight hours

    Maj. Nathan Heguy, 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35 Lightning II pilot, successfully completed a routine training sortie Sept. 12, 2016, to officially cross more than 10,000 total combined flight hours in the F-35 for all pilots at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.The milestone marks yet another progression in

  • 15 years later, Luke remembers 9/11

    Luke Air Force Base held a memorial today to remember the events of September 11, 2001  and to honor those who lost their lives during the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Penn., marking the 15th anniversary of the attacks.   Military personal and civilians