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  • SFS dominates ACS in championship game

    The 56th Security Forces Squadron softball team defeated the 607th Air Control Squadron 26-2 during the intramural softball championship Nov. 6 at the Luke Air Force Base Bryant Fitness Center softball field. SFS opened the game by scoring four runs in the first inning. The 607th ACS added a home

  • Acting SecAF visits Luke AFB

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited Luke Air Force Base on Nov. 5 to speak to Luke Airmen and preside over the retirement ceremony of a civil servant in the 56th Comptroller Squadron, Dorothy Rowe, who retired after serving 70 years - the longest tenure of any civilian in the Air

  • Tuskegee Airman conquered many frontiers

    We often hear the term, "larger than life," which defines a person's life as being filled with extraordinary events and accomplishments; a life in which a person overcame obstacles and had achievements, which at the time seemed impossible.Meet retired Lt. Col. Asa Herring, whose body of work started

  • Vet turns tragedy to triumph

    It started out just like any other day for Steve Martin. He was on his way to an Afghan police station when his humvee hit a roadside bomb. What took place next changed Martin's life and tested his courage. Would he be able to overcome the hand fate levied on him?Martin served as a military police

  • Pilot realizes childhood dream, still serves

    As a child he always dreamed of being a pilot. Little did he know his dream would one day become a reality. Retired Lt. Col. Rusty Mitchell, 56th Fighter Wing Community Initiatives Team director, served 22 years in the Air Force and retired not only as a pilot, but the first commander of the 21st

  • Ashby turns dream into reality

    Sometimes someone's life can take a profound and unexpected turn by being in the right place at the right time. Such a thing happened to Bob Ashby, retired lieutenant colonel and Tuskegee Airman. What he was doing at age 17 planted the seeds for a life that would grow into a tree of success.Ashby

  • Part-time door gunner, full-time Soldier

    Bill Medinger walked past the long line of customers at the Luke Air Force Base commissary and greeted each one. He stopped to greet a small child and entertain them with a joke or two. The jovial commissary bagger learned the valuable lesson of fostering relationships with customers early on in his

  • MDG steps up to help families, veterans

    Volunteers from the 56th Medical Group led the way Nov. 1 and Saturday organizing the Family Health Expo and Retiree Appreciation Day events at Club Five Six. The health expo was designed with families in mind and included a classic automobile show, flu shots, blood pressure checks and other health

  • Legendary squadron reactivated

    Luke Air Force Base marked an important milestone last week when it stood up its first F-35 unit, the 61st Fighter Squadron, at a ceremony on Oct. 25. Lt. Col. Michael Ebner assumed command of the squadron, which traces its lineage to World War II and received distinction as the first fighter

  • Longest-serving Air Force civil servant retires

    Most dream of crossing the retirement finish line after 20 to 35 years of service. For one civil servant, her date of retirement after 70 years wasn't determined based on time, but on her ability to work.For 88-year-old Dorothy Rowe, 56th Comptroller Squadron financial analysis flight chief, going