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  • 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

  • New chief invigorates mentorship at Luke

    The chief master sergeant walked into the Airman Leadership School classroom and introduced himself. Rather than talk about himself, the chief asked the students what was on their minds.Chief Master Sgt. John Mazza, the 56th Fighter Wing's newest command chief, is excited to be a Thunderbolt and

  • MDG earns 'outstanding' rating on HSI

    The Combined Unit Inspection may have been canceled, but some units here were still inspected, like the 56th Medical Group, which just finished their Health Services Inspection Oct. 25."We had a long night with the inspectors last night," said Brig. Gen. Mike Rothstein, 56th Fighter Wing commander,

  • Like bikes? Here's how to ride on base

    It's that time of year. Temperatures drop and around-the-clock needs for air conditioning evaporate into the fading memory of summer. Many Arizonans trade horse power for human power - the kind driven by two legs and two wheels.But what are the rules for riding on Luke Air Force Base and how can you