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  • Controller receives aircraft save award

    It was 10:30 p.m. Sept. 1, 2011, and four jets were preparing to land at Luke Air Force Base, when the first jet experienced mechanical problems and abruptly stopped in the middle of the runway. The split-second decision making of Senior Airman Shawn Hanger, 56th Operations Support Squadron Air

  • Martial Arts: U.S. Marine Corps teach Luke Airmen

    Learning to defend against an attack is important at home or downrange. Luke Airmen learned how to do just that in a four-week course taught by the U.S. Marine Corps.The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is a course designed to provide a wide range of experiences encompassing physical, mental and

  • Seashells on BMGR point to prehistoric trading route

    mbers from seven Arizona tribes and one from New Mexico gathered at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field for a consultation meeting sponsored by the 56th Range Management Office. Among them were representatives from the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Hia C-ed O'odham, Ak-Chin Indian Reservation, Gila

  • Statute restricts GMV use

    For those of you with government motor vehicles in your units and yes, your unit purchased car or golf cart is considered a government motor vehicle, I have a question for you. Are you aware of what constitutes official use and misuse of these vehicles? The same statute that restricts the use of

  • 310th FS hosts Cactus Starfighter X

    The 310th Fighter Squadron is hosting the Cactus Starfighter 12-1 close air support exercise Monday through May 4 at the Barry M. Goldwater Range.Along with Air Force there will be service members from the Army and Marines participating as well."Two of the units participating are from Camp Murray,

  • Lightning strikes twice: Luke Airman receives second AF weather award

    There's an old saying that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place, but it did for one Luke Air Force Base Airman. Tech. Sgt. Gregory Spiker, joint meteorology and oceanography operations weather forecaster, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, was named the 2011 Air Force Weather

  • Luke commander addresses Airmen

    Brig. Gen. JD Harris, 56th Fighter Wing commander, covered a variety of topics affecting Thunderbolt Airmen today and in the future at commander's calls Monday. Harris addressed sexual assault prevention, tobacco use and the use of synthetic drugs such as spice and bath salts. Additionally, he

  • LRS member receives Air Force-level award

    A 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron member received the Colonel Cynthia L. Benulis Air Force Logistics Readiness Field Grade Officer of 2011 award. Maj. Marie Meihls, 56th LRS director of operations received the prestigious award which is named in memory of Benulis who, despite a debilitating

  • Annual volunteer recognition ceremony

    Volunteers are needed every day in communities around the world, but there are few who go above and beyond to change the lives of others and help make a difference. At Luke Air Force Base, the efforts of volunteers are not overlooked. As part of 2012 National Volunteer Week, a recognition ceremony

  • Singing historian: Luke civilian adds culture to Arizona communities

    His repertoire includes a boisterous collection of sea shanties and the world's best love songs - not what most Air Force historians would list as their areas of expertise.Rick Griset, 56th Fighter Wing historian and 28-year U.S. Air Force veteran, works alone in a one-person-deep shop by day. By