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  • Resiliency: Transforming abuse victims from survivors to ‘thrivers’

    Resiliency is the key ingredient to shifting people's lives from survivors, or victims of domestic abuse, to "thrivers." Recovery from domestic violence is based on the belief that healing from relationship violence is a social, spiritual, cultural and psychological process. Within the context of a

  • EMS shoots past SFS, wins basketball game

    From the time the ball was tossed up to start the game March 18, the 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron team controlled the intramural basketball game against the 56th Security Forces Squadron Snakes at the Bryant Fitness Center. EMS won the game 60-50 to improve to a 4-1 record.EMS started the

  • Luke 1 highlights open house success, F-35 mission

    At a series of commander's calls on March 21, Brig. Gen. Mike Rothstein, 56th Fighter Wing commander, discussed the recent open house, the new F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter mission, and gave Airmen his assessment of how things are going in the wing.The March 15 and 16 open house was a

  • Luke Experience: The Show Must Go On

    The movie theater on Luke Air Force Base has not hosted a movie in more than seven years. But that doesn't mean the theater has nothing to offer the base. Its hallowed stage is still in use, even if the screen isn't.The Luke Experience theater group puts on live performances for Luke Thunderbolts.

  • Airmen must revalidate dependents

    By Dec. 31, every Airman will be required to provide their servicing finance office with documentation for all dependents as part of Air Force audit readiness efforts.This one-time, Air Force-wide recertification process will allow the Air Force to validate Airmen's basic allowance for housing

  • Marine awarded Purple Heart

    The Purple Heart is one of the most recognized awards given to military members injured in the line of duty. A marine recently received the award at the Marine Corps detachment on Luke Air Force Base for injuries sustained while fighting in Afghanistan. He vividly recalls the events that led up to

  • 56th AMXS best in AETC maintenance effectiveness

    The 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron won the Air Education and Training Command's Maintenance Effectiveness Award for the small unit category. What makes the squadron so unique is the number of squadrons it supports and the many missions it performs every year.The 56th AMXS supports the 310th

  • 56th LRS provides humanitarian airlift support

    The 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron provided Operations Ukraine Company with support on Monday for a humanitarian airlift of a solar generator going to Gonaives, Haiti. "Since the natural disaster in Haiti, the country is still recovering, and we are working with Operations Ukraine to help them,"

  • 54th Fighter Group activates at Holloman AFB

    More than 300 members of Team Holloman from in and around the Tularosa Basin and the Sacramento Mountains gathered March 11 to witness the future of the 49th Wing as the 54th Fighter Group, a tenant unit of the 56th Fighter Wing, was officially welcomed to the base in an activation ceremony at