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  • LRS defeats Marines 9-5, wins soccer championship

    On the final day of a two-week intramural soccer tournament, there were two teams still standing to play the championship game.The 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron stepped onto the Luke Air Force Base soccer field Monday to take on the Marine Corps' team 9-5 for the intramural soccer championship.

  • Wings of Blue to jump during open house

    It all started in the spring of 1962 when a band of bootleg jumpers made their first parachute jumps as cadets. Using condemned survival, evasion, resistance and escape rigs and local aviation pilots, these cadets made several jumps in the Colorado area. During that spring, a few cadets, at their

  • New active-duty education requirements coming up

    For Airmen who wish to pursue their education after completion of a Community College of the Air Force degree, there are upcoming changes active-duty Airmen should prepare for."Once tuition assistance was brought back, new requirements for TA approval were set forth," said Sandy Cooper, 56th Force

  • MOS Airman – one of fastest on track

    Airman 1st Class Melissa Franks, 56th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, started running cross-country at age 15. While developing her skills as a cross-country runner she was awarded a cross-country scholarship to Yavapai College in Prescott. Franks was awarded the title All-American

  • CFP brings it all together

    There are more than 5,000 people on Luke Air Force Base and keeping the computers up to date and running for all of them is a monumental task. But one flight on base is here to do just that.The 56th Communications Squadron Comm Focal Point is responsible for all of the clients on base. But when they

  • Planning, scheduling core of MXG mission

    It usually goes unnoticed when the heart is operating as intended, but let it skip a beat, and even the strongest will take note. Almost the same can be said for plans and scheduling. Overlooked by some, it is the heart of the 56th Maintenance Group. The 56th MXG plans and scheduling team are the

  • Thunderbolt picks up dream, heads to Tops in Blue

    Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Barnes, 56th Communications Squadron network operations, is the latest Thunderbolt to be selected to perform in Tops in Blue, the Air Force's premiere expeditionary entertainment unit. Tops in Blue selects its members from the Air Force rank and file stationed all over the

  • New chiefs recognized in ceremony

    Five Airmen were recognized Feb. 21 for making the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force during the chief's recognition ceremony at Club Five Six. The individuals included Chief Master Sgt. Barrington Bartlett, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron; and four chief selects, Senior Master Sgt. David

  • Spouses 'dine-in' Hollywood fashion

    Costumes, laughter and bright decorations set the tone for an entertaining night at the first spouses dining-in Feb. 22 at Club Five Six. The event featured the theme of "A Night at the Movies." Each squadron chose a movie to represent. Before the event took place each team was given two hours to

  • 56th SFS wins 2014 intramural football championship

    The 56th Communications Squadron and the 56th Security Forces Squadron faced-off in the 2014 intramural football season championship game at the base track Feb. 19. The score was SFS 19-18. The battle was fierce, with both sides playing their best ball, however SFS eked out a one-point win.CS won