April 28, 2023 Effective June 1, First Term Airmen can retrain into AFSCs under 90% manning in lieu of separation The Air Force is changing the process of how First Term Airmen can retrain to provide additional opportunities for Airmen to stay in uniform instead of separating.Effective June 1, all FTA can retrain into any Air Force Specialty Code they qualify for that is under 90% manned prior to separation,
April 25, 2023 Luke CDC hosts Purple Up parade Children and caretakers from the Luke Air Force Base Child Development Center participate in a parade, April 21, 2023, at Luke AFB, Arizona. April is the month of the military child and is dedicated to the recognition and celebration of service members’ children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st
April 25, 2023 Luke Airmen exercise ACE during Wild Coyote Airmen from the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas, executed Agile Combat Employment tactics during exercise Wild Coyote, April 12-13, 2023, at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Arizona.
April 25, 2023 Luke Recognizes Volunteer Victim Advocates U.S. Air Force Col. Keegan McLeese, 56th Fighter Wing vice commander, addresses a group of volunteer victim advocates from the 56th Fighter Wing, April 21, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Volunteer victim advocates are a crucial part of the Luke AFB Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team
April 24, 2023 Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event Werner Salinger, Holocaust survivor and U.S. Air Force veteran, talks to Airmen at a Days of Remembrance event at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Salinger was born in 1932 in Berlin and survived the Night of Broken Glass before immigrating to New York in 1939 and enlisting in the U.S.
April 24, 2023 2,000th U.S. F-35 pilot graduates from Luke AFB The 56th Fighter Wing graduated the 2,000th F-35 Lightning II pilot across the DoD, U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher “Blade” Jeffers, April 17th, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
April 21, 2023 Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca CAMP NAVAJO, Ariz. – Twenty-one members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in a three-day field training exercise, Furious Alpaca, April 10 - 13, 2023, at Camp Navajo, Arizona.
April 14, 2023 Major General Miller visits Luke AFB to discuss pilot retention U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Albert Miller, Director of Training and Readiness, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, visited Luke AFB, Arizona, April 7, 2023, to discuss pilot retention programs with aircrew.
April 11, 2023 Luke Unveils Murvaux flag at Club Five Six LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Luke AFB leadership unveiled a flag from 2nd Lt. Frank Luke Jr.’s grave in Murvaux, France, April 7, 2023, at Luke AFB, Arizona.
April 7, 2023 Luke AFB supports Diamondbacks' home opener U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing and 944th FW, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, are recognized by the Arizona Diamondbacks during their opening day, April 6, 2023, at Chase Field, Arizona. The fighter wings helped kickoff the Diamondbacks’ Opening Day with a flyover of four F-35