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  • 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

  • Luke F-35 competes for first time in load crew competition

    A Luke Air Force Base F-35 Lightning II crew competed today for the first time in a load crew competition here against legacy F-16 Fighting Falcon crews.Quarterly load crew competitions showcase the combat readiness and effectiveness of load crew teams to safely and properly arm an aircraft within

  • Luke F-35 competes for first time in load crew competition

    A Luke Air Force Base F-35 Lightning II crew competed today for the first time in a load crew competition here against legacy F-16 Fighting Falcon crews.Quarterly load crew competitions showcase the combat readiness and effectiveness of load crew teams to safely and properly arm an aircraft within

  • Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

    Maj. Morten Hanche, a Norwegian F-35 Lightning II student pilot training with the 62nd Fighter Squadron, flew the first Norwegian F-35 sortie Dec. 14, 2015 at Luke Air Force Base.Hanche has been training at Luke under the instruction of American pilots for the past several months in order to become