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  • 425th FS participates in Maple Flag

    Thunderbolts from the 425th Fighter Squadron are scheduled to depart for Canada June 9 to join the anticipated 4,500 military personnel attending Maple Flag 45 at Cold Lake Air Base, Alberta."We regularly participate in Maple Flag and other similar exercises in keeping with our squadron's mission of

  • Dancer, actress morphs into fighter

    When someone says the word fighter what may come to mind is someone who is big, strong or muscular.Well, if those are the only things that come to mind, you will be amazed when meeting the 5'1", 105-pound Muay Thai atom weight contender Athena Austin, daughter of retired Master Sgt. Steven Austin,

  • What’s going into your tank?

    Are you putting regular or premium foods in your tank? What you put in your stomach may affect not only your energy levels but your overall health. Similar to how a car's performance is affected by the type of gas put in it, the human body's performance can either be increased or decreased depending

  • EFMP helps AF families with needs

    There is no perfect family; they all have trials and hardships. In many cases the Air Force is prepared to assist. The Defense Department created the Exceptional Family Member Program to help families with special needs.According to Military Homefront, there are more than 100,000 military families

  • Defenders remember fallen brothers

    An annual security forces retreat ceremony occurred May 17 at the Luke Air Force Base flag pole, in memory of the 18 Airmen who lost their lives May 15, 1975.Many may not know or fully understand the history of the Mayaguez incident and why even 37 years later it still lingers within the thoughts of

  • Luke hosts POW symposium

    Hundreds gathered at the base theater to hear the stories of seven prisoners of war May 18 at Luke Air Force Base.During the Vietnam War, these pilots spent anywhere from 55 to 2,734 days as a POW between September 1965 and March 1973.Air Force Col. Phillip Smith was held the longest. He flew 80

  • MPAAT rolling out…

    It's really hard to believe my mobile public affairs team and I are at the end of our deployment here to Camp Leatherneck in Southern Afghanistan. It has been an exciting, fast paced and unique deployment for all of us. Now that it is almost over, it seems like just yesterday we landed here tired,

  • Luke conducts CBRNE exercise

    Luke Air Force Base conducted a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High-Yield Explosives exercise May 16. The scenario involved a terrorist causing a simulated explosion and role players acting as if they were hurt by the blast.In this exercise, the CBRNE dangers included radiological

  • Golf legend teaches Luke Airmen

    Ten returning service members had the opportunity to golf with a professional golfer and 20-time PGA tour winner during a golf clinic at Falcon Dunes Golf Course May 15.Three-time U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin joined the Thunderbolts, teaching them helpful techniques to develop their swing and

  • Top Hats graduate 15 combat pilots in ceremony today

    The mission of the 56th Fighter Wing is to, "Train the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and maintainers, while deploying mission ready warfighters." Fifteen graduates of the F-16 Initial Qualification Course, Class 11-EBG, will cross the stage today and enter the Combat Air Forces as just that