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  • Base practices response to bomb attacks

    Luke Air Force Base Airmen and civilians conducted a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High-Yield Explosives exercise May 22. The scenario involved an insider threat from two civilian employees who launched two separate improvised explosive device attacks on the base. On-scene participants

  • Lightning Leadership

    Nearly a year ago, I arrived at Luke Air Force Base to be your command chief. Since then, I've spent the majority of my time digging into the biggest challenges for the enlisted corps. Through hundreds of discussions with Airmen of all ranks, I keep hearing the same thing; we want guidance, we want

  • Emerald Knights Graduate 18

    Eighteen of the U.S. Air Forces' newest Viper pilots will culminate nine months of demanding training and receive their graduation certificates today. Class 12-EBG from the 308th Fighter Squadron "Emerald Knights" will join the ranks of a select group of aviators fortunate enough to fly the F-16.

  • MWD team takes training downrange

    [Editor's note: this is the third in a 3-part series on military working dogs]The 56th Security Forces Squadron military working dog team goes to a 45-day training course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., before a deployment. The team performs MWD training then works with the other security

  • Luke serves as stop for international tour

    Aviation and occupational medicine students from the University of Otago, New Zealand, traveled more than 6,750 miles to Phoenix to get a glimpse of what happens here at Luke Air Force Base. Even though Luke was just one stop during their visit to the United States, the experience was clearly

  • CGOC hosts deployed spouses dinner

    Everybody deserves a break from slaving away in the kitchen, spouses of deployed members especially. To help the Company Grade Officers Council hosted a deployed spouses dinner May 9 at the base chapel. The event was open to spouses of deployed members, their families and members who have recently

  • Pilot for a Day

    The newest member of Team Luke left the base May 10 with a smile on his face. Steven "SteveO" Boyd, 15, visited Luke Air Force Base and became an honorary member of the 309th Fighter Squadron through the "Pilot For a Day" program.SteveO, who suffered a left hemisphere stroke in 2011, has spent the

  • Devil Dogs Take Aim: Engineers deliver rounds downrange

    Marines from the Bulk Fuel Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, a reserve unit stationed at Luke Air Force Base, conducted weapons training May 4 at the Arizona Army National Guard's Florence Military Reservation to refresh on three crew-served weapon systems: the

  • Thunderbolts make mad dash for Boston relief

    Approximately 120 Luke Thunderbolts ran, walked and cheered during a charity run May 10 at the base track to raise funds for victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing.More than $1,300 was raised during the four-hour event hosted by the LEAD council, Focus 5-6 and the Top 3."It was mostly a

  • Volleyball championship

    The 56th Security Forces Squadron played the 56th Maintenance Operations Squadron during the intramural volleyball championship game May 5 at the Balfour Beatty Community Center sand volleyball court."It feels good to be back in the championship round," said Dustin Barnes, 56th SFS. "We just need to