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  • Luke May Fitness Month Underway: Half Marathon

    May is fitness month for the Air Force. Every year Airmen are challenged to participate in different athletic endeavors. This year includes a plethora of events such as the Family 5k run, sand volleyball tournament, bowling tournament and a power lifting competition. Military and civilian personnel

  • Luke 1 launches teams of trust

    May kicks off a year-long commander's campaign, "Building Trust, Deterring Crime." The goal is to build teams where trust of one another and the leader is foundational. The objective is to build trust that promotes a culture of respect and responsibility. This is achieved through various actions

  • SFS handlers paired with canine counterparts

    Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on military working dogs.What does it take to build a bond? What if the pair doesn't speak the same language? Members of the 56th Security Forces Squadron are able to construct a strong relationship with military working dogs after being paired

  • Job fair coming Tuesday

    The Luke Air Force Base Airman & Family Readiness Center and the Department of Economic Security Arizona Workforce Connection are hosting a job fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Club Five Six.The job fair is open to all active-duty, Reserve and Guard members, families, retirees or any other

  • Nurses, most trusted professionals, make contribution at Luke

    The 56th Medical Group is joining the American Nurses Association in celebrating National Nurses Week Monday through May 10. This year's theme is "Delivering Quality & Innovation in Patient Care." The purpose of the week-long celebration is to raise awareness of the value of nursing and help educate

  • UDMs to ready warfighters

    The additional duty of a unit deployment manager includes a variety of responsibilities. They can range from ensuring personnel and resources are prepared to deploy to acting as liaison between higher authority and deploying members. Being responsible for a successful deployment for more than 100

  • Drive hammered, get nailed - twice for military

    Making the choice to drink and drive can negatively affect not only possible victims but also a career, family and future endeavors. For the military member, there is another layer of woes to consider. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, someone in the U.S. dies in an

  • Base housing not just roof over head

    Everyone needs a place to live. Military members have the option of living in the local community or living in base housing. Those who choose to live on Luke Air Force Base become acquainted with Balfour Beatty Communities.Almost 17 years ago Congress established the Military Housing Privatization

  • Knowledge, tips help with PT test prep

    Physical fitness is a priority in the Air Force. While some Airmen dread taking physical fitness tests, there are ways to prepare for it."One mistake I see from time to time are Airmen who do not prepare ahead of time for their physical fitness test, which can lead to either an undesirable score or

  • Navajo Code Talkers turned course of WWII

    Three World War II Navajo Code Talker veterans visited the Luke Air Force Base Base Exchange April 11 through 13 to sign books and answer questions about their roles in the war.It all began in the early months of WWII. "The Japanese had people who spoke English fluently and broke every code the U.S.