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  • F-35 pilot training begins at Luke

    May 4 marked another historic day at Luke Air Force Base when the first pilot training class began for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. Two F-16 Fighting Falcon instructor pilots and two A-10 Warthog instructor pilots applied and were selected for the first student F-35 training class at

  • Luke Night Flying through May

    Luke Air Force Base is scheduled to conduct night flying throughout the month of May.The evening flights are scheduled to occur Monday through Thursday until approximately 11:30 p.m. each day. Night flights are not scheduled after 6:30 p.m. on Fridays. No flying of any type is scheduled for

  • Royal Australian Air Force pilot flies first partner F-35 sortie

    Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, the first F-35 Senior National Representative to Luke, made history today flying the first RAAF F-35A Lightning II sortie at Luke Air Force Base.While the completion of the sortie represents a milestone for the RAAF, for Jackson, it's also

  • Power outage in base housing

    A power line that feeds base housing was damaged while digging yesterday morning.The power outage effects homes on base and the intersection on West Glendale Ave near the Kachina Gate. There are about 100 homes without power. Luke's Civil Engineers began working on the outage as soon as it occurred

  • Media Advisory: Luke Night Flying through May

    Luke Air Force Base is scheduled to conduct night flying throughout the month of May.The evening flights are scheduled to occur Monday through Thursday until approximately 11:30 p.m. each day. Night flights are not scheduled after 6:30 p.m. on Fridays. No flying of any type is scheduled for

  • Victim advocates help in time of need

    Being a victim or survivor of a sexual assault can be a traumatic experience, but there are resources available to help at the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office. One of the most valuable resources is the victim advocate."A victim's advocate is basically a confidant for the survivor and

  • Love thy feet

    The human foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments that make up the load-bearing structure at the base of a human leg.At one time, humans walked with their bare feet across the terrain, toughening the soles of their feet to become like hides of leather, able

  • Luke 1 brings home flagship

    The 56th Fighter Wing flagship F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter arrived at Luke Air Force Base Tuesday. That aircraft is the base's 22nd F-35.Flying the aircraft from Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth, Texas, plant to Arizona was Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th FW commander. The tail number for the

  • First Australian F-35 pilot completes training

    Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, F-35 Lightning II student pilot, completes his final training mission after landing on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 23, 2015. Jackson made history as the first Australian pilot to fly in the F-35A. The fifth-generation aircraft will