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  • Luke, friends honor WWII nurse

    When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States entered World War II, there were fewer than 1,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Anna "Det" Dorsey was one of them. She would go on to serve 22 years as an Air Force nurse, retiring as a major. Now 98, Det, a childhood

  • Water Luke uses, reuses

    Water. Living in the desert, there is no doubt this is a scarce but vital resource. No one knows this better than the Airmen at the water processing plants at Luke Air Force Base.The 56th Civil Engineer Squadron water purification section provides all the water used on Luke - from the drinking water

  • T-bolt on way to becoming MTI

    For those serving or those who have served, did you ever wonder where your military training instructor came from? Were they always that loud? Were they ever a regular Airman or were they mass produced at lab somewhere? For one deployed Air Force civil engineer, that journey, sans the lab, is

  • TAP takes edge off retirement

    Retirement can be a daunting prospect. There are so many challenges such as profound lifestyle changes, preparing for finding a job and actually finding one. Not only that, the member's family faces profound changes.The Transition Assistance Program comes to the rescue."The three-day TAP workshop is

  • Harris salutes excellent, outstanding efforts

    Congratulations Team Luke!The UCI team has validated with an "Excellent" rating, what I have seen over the past 14 months since taking command of the greatest wing in the Air Force. This stellar rating proves the fantastic job our Thunderbolts do to train the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and

  • Enlisted Airmen go from stripes to bars

    Enlisted Airmen begin their careers with basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, but for some, enlistment may not be the only career path in the Air Force. Enlisted Airmen also have the opportunity to commission to become an officer, and there are six different commissioning

  • Air Force civilian workforce restructuring impacts Luke

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce today, including the elimination of approximately 9,000 civilian positions. The local impact at Luke Air Force Base will be the loss of 46 civilian authorizations for Fiscal Year 2012, 15 authorizations for FY 2013 and 7

  • Luke children visit Glendale mayor

    Nine children from the Luke Air Force Base youth center visited Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs Oct. 13 at the Glendale City Hall.Children from the youth center came up with the idea to take a field trip to visit Scruggs during an art project they were working on. "The children are currently building

  • Balfour Beatty offers housing to members

    Balfour Beatty Communities has been affiliated with Luke Air Force Base since February 2007, which marked the privatization of housing here.Many different groups of military, as well as civilian personnel are eligible to live on base, according to Donnell Oakley, BBC community manager."We offer

  • Team Luke No. 1 in energy savings - again

    The Air Education and Training Command named Luke Air Force Base winners of the Energy Reduction Award for the second year in a row."Luke Air Force Base reduced water intensity by 34 percent, energy intensity by 6.2 percent with an overall 9 percent intensity reduction to beat Sheppard (AFB, Texas,)