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  • Luke pilot flies 500th hour in F-35

    Lt. Col. Matthew Hayden, 56th Fighter Wing chief of safety and pilot attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, made history as the first Thunderbolt to achieve 500 flight hours in an F-35 Lightning II today at Luke Air Force Base.

  • Load crews face off in test of best

    This year’s annual Luke Air Force Base weapons load competition took place on Jan. 28, 2016.The competition featured three teams of F-16 Fighting Falcon load crew Airmen from the 309th, 310th, and 425th Aircraft Maintenance Units, and two teams from the 311th and 314th AMUs out of Holloman Air Force

  • Fire station rescued from decades of wear

    A ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly renovated fire station took place Jan. 20 at Luke Air Force Base. Two newly bronzed fire hydrants have been placed one on each side of the entrance of the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Services fire station. Once inside, visitors get the smell of fresh

  • Australian F-35 Lightning II lands at Luke Air Force Base

    An Australian F-35 Lightning II lands at Luke Air Force Base Feb. 2, 2016. Luke conducts a joint international F-35 training mission with partner nations Norway, Italy, and Australia. The F-35 is a fifth-generation all-weather multi-role strike fighter.

  • AFREP team ‘makes it rain’ at Luke AFB

    With ever-growing budget cuts and dwindling resources, it’s never been more important to save money in today’s Air Force. That’s where the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program Airmen at Luke Air Force Base step in.

  • F-35 egress trainer arrives at Luke

    Over the past two months, major components of the new F-35 Lightning II egress trainer, an advanced replica of the F-35 cockpit designed to simulate the mechanical layout of the ejection and emergency evacuation system, have arrived at Luke Air Force Base.

  • Med tech satisfies ‘need for speed’

    She runs the 1.5-mile run in 9:15, and she’s placed firstin all the 5-kilometer runs she’s attended. Like a machine, she zones out and focuseson the task at hand — running. “I’ve been running for 15 years,” said Senior AirmanMelissa Franks, 56th Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight medicine

  • SSgt Jessica Keller step promotion

    Staff Sgt. Jessica Keller, 56th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, gets step promoted by Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. John Mazza, 56th FW command chief, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Dec. 28, 2015.

  • Green Dot to roll out across the Air Force

    Airmen will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service in January when 1,500 Airman implementers attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions worldwide.The Air Force contracted the non-profit Green Dot organization to provide these violence