May 2, 2023 56th Fighter Wing hosts Haboob Havoc at Barry M. Goldwater Range Haboob Havoc is a total force competition that provides an opportunity for pilots from various bases to demonstrate their skills across a diverse range of aircraft while also testing their abilities in different mission sets such as simulated dogfighting, strafing, and gun runs.
May 2, 2023 Luke AFB, RSAF celebrate 30 years of partnership The 425th Fighter Squadron celebrated 30 years of partnership between the U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore Air Force with a parade ceremony, April 25, 2023, at Luke AFB, Arizona.
May 2, 2023 56th and 81st Medical Groups conducts TCCC Exercise U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kaylee Simmers, 56th Medical Group family health clinic flight chief, provides Tactical Combat Casualty Care to a simulated patient during an exercise April 26, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. TCCC is designed to help lessen preventable combat deaths by providing
April 28, 2023 Effective June 1, First Term Airmen can retrain into AFSCs under 90% manning in lieu of separation The Air Force is changing the process of how First Term Airmen can retrain to provide additional opportunities for Airmen to stay in uniform instead of separating.Effective June 1, all FTA can retrain into any Air Force Specialty Code they qualify for that is under 90% manned prior to separation,
April 25, 2023 Luke CDC hosts Purple Up parade Children and caretakers from the Luke Air Force Base Child Development Center participate in a parade, April 21, 2023, at Luke AFB, Arizona. April is the month of the military child and is dedicated to the recognition and celebration of service members’ children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st
April 25, 2023 Luke Airmen exercise ACE during Wild Coyote Airmen from the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas, executed Agile Combat Employment tactics during exercise Wild Coyote, April 12-13, 2023, at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Arizona.
April 25, 2023 Luke Recognizes Volunteer Victim Advocates U.S. Air Force Col. Keegan McLeese, 56th Fighter Wing vice commander, addresses a group of volunteer victim advocates from the 56th Fighter Wing, April 21, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Volunteer victim advocates are a crucial part of the Luke AFB Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team
April 24, 2023 Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event Werner Salinger, Holocaust survivor and U.S. Air Force veteran, talks to Airmen at a Days of Remembrance event at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Salinger was born in 1932 in Berlin and survived the Night of Broken Glass before immigrating to New York in 1939 and enlisting in the U.S.
April 24, 2023 2,000th U.S. F-35 pilot graduates from Luke AFB The 56th Fighter Wing graduated the 2,000th F-35 Lightning II pilot across the DoD, U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher “Blade” Jeffers, April 17th, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
April 21, 2023 Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca CAMP NAVAJO, Ariz. – Twenty-one members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in a three-day field training exercise, Furious Alpaca, April 10 - 13, 2023, at Camp Navajo, Arizona.