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  • Safety first for Green Knights

    As an avid rider for more than 30 years, it never surprises me to see the "other" drivers not paying attention to the task at hand. It is important for us as two- and four-wheel vehicle operators to be aware of, not only what we're doing, but what others are as well.We live in what may be considered

  • No delivery, but it’s fast

    The Falcon Flight Kitchen sits alone on the west side of the base isolated from the main dining facility similar to the Airmen on the flightline, and it can be hard sometimes for them to leave long enough to travel all the way to the main dining facility."We provide lunch and dinner to those people

  • Luke supports Wings of Blue visit

    The Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Team completed 4,918 jumps during a two-week period in March while at Gila Bend Auxiliary Field in southwestern Arizona. The team also set a new world record here as well. A new collegiate skydiving world record was set at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary

  • Daughters of Luke SNCO honored

    There's a lot of stress on children who come from military families most notably, dealing with the absence of a parent during a long deployment. Ten-year-old Bailey Caldwell used her time away from her mother to write a book, create a website and mentor others whose parents are deployed. Bailey was

  • NOSC Phoenix celebrates completion of Navy’s first LEED Platinum facility

    Navy officials celebrated the opening of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certified facility in the U.S. Navy with a ribbon cutting ceremony March 30 for Navy Operational Support Center Phoenix at Luke Air Force Base. The $11.2 million facility is also the first LEED

  • 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