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  • 56th TRS trains pilots to fly, fight, win

    Training F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots to carry out the Air Force mission is a big responsibility. The 56th Training Squadron at Luke Air Force Base is responsible for training F-16 pilots to fly, fight and win."The 56th TRS contribution to the wing's mission is to train the world's greatest F-16

  • Airman, mom of three, wins Biggest Loser contest

    The 56th Force Support Squadron recently held a biggest loser contest on Luke Air Force Base. Airmen and civilians from across base measured and weighed in weekly to chart their progress, all vying to be the one who would lose the most weight.  But, as this contest goes, there is only one biggest

  • Police Week honors defenders, recalls past

    Luke Air Force Base spans 4,800 acres, including four geographically separated locations. More than 5,000 people work and live here. The U.S. Air Force stores more than $3.6 trillion worth of defense assets in this one location. Protecting these lives and property is the responsibility of the 56th

  • Allergy clinic is shot in arm for allergies, more

    The 56th Medical Group Immunizations and Allergy Clinic serves 92,000 active-duty service members, their dependents and retirees at Luke Air Force Base. The clinic also serves as a training facility for five other Air Force allergy and immunization clinics."What we do is important to ensure the

  • Airman serves God, country through music

    Although an avid musician, one Airman left the world of music behind to join the Air Force and to serve God and his country. He thought it would be a long time before he played an instrument again, but another Airman asked him to to accompany him in a poetry reading."One of my co-workers was doing a

  • 607th Air Control Squadron trains eyes in sky

    The control and reporting center that supports air operations is a ground-base command and control element designed to deploy anywhere in the world. The 607th Air Control Squadron mission at Luke Air Force Base is to train command and control, known as C2, battle management specialists to populate

  • WWII veteran shares story

    Everyone has a story. It could be a simple story or complex. Some may experience a moment that can change their lives forever. For retired Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bergbower, 26th Cavalry Regiment air mechanic, his time in the Air Force proved to be life changing, and he shared it May 15 at Club

  • Mini Thunderbolts build bikes

    It's an exciting moment, seeing children's faces full of joy and anticipation as they wait to start building a new bicycle.In celebration of Armed Forces Day, Build-A-Bike volunteers and their partners built and gave bikes to 30 children of Luke Air Force Base Thunderbolts May 17 at Fowler

  • 310th AMU: Keeping the Tophats ‘Bad to the Bone’

    It takes a lot of work to keep an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying, and it takes a lot of people to keep the seven fighter squadrons at Luke Air Force Base mission-ready. To ensure this is accomplished, Luke organizes aircraft maintenance units to do the job.The Airmen of the 310th Aircraft Maintenance

  • 944th CES knocks it out of park

    Last month, Airmen from the 944th Fighter Wing, temporarily said goodbye to the desert sun of Arizona and aloha to the tropical weather and beautiful scenery of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.During a two week annual tour, the 944th Civil Engineer Squadron was asked to participate in an Innovative