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  • Sports clinic helps veterans

    Have you ever tried running with one leg or shooting an arrow blind? Forty-two Luke Air Force Base Airmen volunteered to help more than 100 veterans with disabilities participate in the 6th National Disabled Veterans Summer Sports Clinic Sept. 12 through 22 in San Diego. Staff Sgt. Krystal Hughes,

  • Attention Thunderbolts: There’s a new focus in town

    Luke has initiated a new force - Team Re-Focus.This is not your ordinary professional development group. With our slogan of "Keepin' it real!" and combined with the back to basics campaign approach, Team Re-Focus is a group of motivated NCOs armed with the drive and knowledge to realign the

  • Rock legend, contest still alive, kicking

    The Rock sitting on the north side of the 56th Fighter Wing headquarters building was stolen a week ago. In place of the Rock was a sign that read, "Rock is gone due to government shutdown." Who would play a prank like that, and will the people who "stole" the Rock get into serious trouble?

  • Navy breaks 56th CS streak, remains undefeated

    The first pass of the game was thrown short, setting the tone for the undefeated 56th Communications Squadron flag football team as they took on the undefeated Navy team.The final score of the game was 24-6 with the Navy defeating the 56th CS.As the 56th CS gained first downs and got closer to the

  • Combined Federal Campaign kicks off

    The annual Combined Federal Campaign began Sept. 23 in support of helping various organizations and charities raise money for their respective causes."The CFC began in the early 1960s to coordinate the fundraising efforts of various charitable organizations so the federal donor would be solicited

  • Drug demand reduction program tests Airmen

    The use of illegal drugs can not only be devastating to the health of the user but also to the Air Force mission. That's why there is a program called drug demand reduction. Its goal is to stop the use and abuse of controlled and illegal substances through a comprehensive program of education,

  • Luke's own selected for Heroes Cup

    Scheduled to be broadcasted on The Golf Channel later this year, the Heroes Cup Foundation will hold its aptly named Heroes Cup, a golfing tournament consisting of 12 sports legends and 12 U.S. military servicemembers. One selected is Luke Air Force Base's very own Senior Airman Ronald Gore, 56th

  • Fighter squadrons improve community

    More than 40 Luke Airmen stepped up to help the community in a home improvement challenge.Four Luke Air Force Base fighter squadrons participated in a landscaping competition in support of Habitat for Humanity Sept. 28 in Surprise.The 308th, 309th, 310th and 62nd fighter squadrons were assigned

  • Day commemorates Tuskegee Airmen

    He was 17 years old when he became part of an experiment allowing blacks to fly in the Army Air Forces. What he didn't know then was he would be a part of history.Retired Lt. Col. Robert Ashby, 87, was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II."It was a definite struggle

  • Thunderbolts drive to benefit MDA

    More than 20 Thunderbolts recently teamed up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help raise money during this year's MDA Lockup event in downtown Phoenix.Luke's Airmen volunteered their time to act as "arresting officers" and transport "jailbirds" to the event site.The event was an