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  • Two Airmen ‘spike it’ in sand

    Two Airmen dive onto the sand at Luke Air Force Base March 29 to Monday as they prepare for the Armed Forces beach volleyball tournament.The Armed Forces men's and women's beach volleyball championship is a single round-robin competition where teams must win two of three sets in a match to win.With

  • Four pilots selected for test pilot school

    Four pilots and two alternates were recently selected from Luke Air Force Base to attend the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and the U.S. Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Md., after a nearly nine-month selection process. "This was my first application,"

  • ASTS receives life-like training tool

    The newest member of the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron allows operators to create "real-life" situations for medical training. Laerdal SimMan 3G, a new mannequin, is a life-like patient able to produce audible breathing and bowel sounds, and heartbeats. He can sweat, cry and bleed. Even more

  • 10th Air Force commander throws first pitch in Surprise

    Brig. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force commander, threw out the first pitch during a Spring Training game March 19 at Surprise Stadium. The commander, visiting from Headquarters in Ft. Worth, Texas, donned a Texas Rangers cap for the special event hosted by the city of Surprise."It is an honor to

  • AFSO21 works on reducing ER visits

    Tricare Regional Office West recently identified Luke as having one of the highest emergency room visit rates in Tricare's western region. Because of the high number of emergency room visits, which average 800 to 900 a month and cost roughly $500,000 during that time, the Air Force Smart Operations

  • Local actor’s films to debut at Phoenix Film Festival this weekend

    A civilian who works in the 56th Force Support Squadron at Luke Air Force Base has been an FBI agent, a flight attendant, a detective and a suicidal prisoner. He's even been a hit man. Twice. His name is James Ferris, and he has played each of those parts as an actor. You won't find his IMDB or

  • Luke pilot breaks 3,000 hours

    Soaring above the skies of Luke Air Force Base, a pilot reached a milestone few pilots can claim throughout their careers. Maj. Saxon Yandell, 69th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, reached his 3,000th F-16 flying hour March 15 after 15 years of flying.While attending the U.S. Air

  • Medal of Honor recipient visits Luke, speaks to 308th Fighter Squadron

    A Medal of Honor recipient who earned distinction as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War visited the 308th Fighter Squadron March 16 at Luke Air Force Base. James Fleming, 69, who retired as a colonel in 1996, is one of only five living Airmen to have earned the nation's highest award for

  • Medical team goes Lean to save

    Do you like long waits for medical appointments? I didn't think so. The 56th Medical Group doesn't like you waiting either, and they chose to do something about it.They decided to get "Lean."More than 40 students from a handful of Air Force bases attended the Lean For Healthcare course taught March

  • Wild Ducks fly east for spring training

    Ducks may not have teeth, but try telling them they can't bite. The Air Force version of the Grapefruit league's best got to see what their Cactus League brothers had to offer on the Florida panhandle last week.Almost 90 Airmen from the 309th Fighter Squadron and aircraft maintenance unit's Wild