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  • Attitude key to overcoming adversity

    Imagine you're a 36-year-old technical sergeant at the top of your game in aircraft maintenance. The year is 2000, and you're at Kadena Air Base, Japan, taking care of business on F-15s. A competitive professional with high standards, you get things done. Whenever the need arises, you voluntarily

  • Mixed martial arts gains popularity

    Mixed martial arts, a combat sport that combines striking and grappling techniques from a variety of disciplines, has gained popularity in the United States since the first Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts in 1993.With the sport's emphasis on fitness and mental and physical endurance, service

  • Holidays full of sugary culprits of tooth decay

    With the holiday season approaching, people often add more sweets to their diets. When eating sugary foods, like candy, most people will eat several pieces continuously throughout the day, not knowing that this can actually hurt their teeth. When a person eats, the germs in the mouth produce an acid

  • Warriors compete in memory of 'Hot Shots'

    While this was its fourth consecutive year, the competition took on additional meaning this time around. The final stage of the contest was filled with challenges dedicated to the memory of the 19 firefighters who lost their lives battling the Yarnell wildfire July 1 in Central Arizona.Twenty-six

  • Flagstaff: The other side of Arizona

    Phoenix residents are familiar with the local topography consisting of dry brush and cacti. But a two-and-a-half hour drive north on Interstate 17 shows a different side of Arizona as desert sand and vegetation give way to verdant grass and pine trees.Flagstaff sits at the foot of Humphrey's Peak,

  • LRS moves to next round in B-ball playoff

    The 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron battled the 56th Security Forces Squadron during an elimination intramural basketball playoff game Sept. 4 at the Luke Air Force Base Bryant Fitness Center Gym. LRS won the game 56-48, moving the team to the next round. LRS finished the regular season with a

  • Monsoon brings it! Dust, rain, light show

    The blue skies quickly turn to a steel gray, the wind starts to whip around with such force trees bend and sometimes break, lightning streaks the skies and the clouds dump all their water in a few short minutes. This is an Arizona monsoon storm.Luke Air Force Base recently had its share of these

  • Best minds join together for F-35 conference

    How fast can you solve a Rubik's Cube? Now imagine the cube reaches more than 51 feet in length, 14 feet in height and 35 feet wide. Also, the cube has hundreds of squares, unlike Rubik's traditional 54. Your only reprieve? This cube only has five colors, not six like the toy.More than 90 people met

  • Munitions storage vital to AMMO

    What makes the world's greatest and most powerful Air Force is not just the manpower behind it but the firepower that backs it up. Located in an isolated area at Luke Air Force Base is a group of Airmen who support the mission by providing and managing the ammunition on base in a section called

  • Luke personal trainer overcomes obstacles

    Looking at Paul Johnson, 56th Force Support Squadron fitness specialist supervisor, one sees a strong, muscular, fit man. But, he says he wasn't always that way. It was a near-death experience that spurred a decision in him to not only continue strength training but also change other people's lives