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  • 56th Fighter Wing receives $64,000 rebate

    The 56th Fighter Wing received a $64,000 rebate April 11 for using the Government Travel Card. The amount is given to groups quarterly by the Air Education and Training Command as an incentive program for staying below 2 percent of base-wide delinquencies."For the past year, Luke has been one of the

  • ESOH CAMP underway

    Inspection teams across Luke Air Force Base performed a base-wide internal Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program inspection Monday through today.The ESOHCAMP is a base-level auditing program for achieving compliance with federal, state and local

  • Area Defense Counsel advocate for Airmen

    If trouble befalls an Airman, it can seem overwhelming wading through paperwork and trying to understand how to deal with the problem. An Airman may need help in dealing with problems such as Article 15s and reprimand and counseling actions.There are people assigned to assist Airmen in these

  • PMEL — Silent partner to Air Force

    There are nearly 7,000 equipment items on Luke Air Force Base that need calibration, testing or measuring at regular intervals. It is an awesome task, but there are 32 people on base that accomplish this task without missing a beat.One of those people is Master Sgt. Robert Chalberg, 56th Component

  • Colonel surveys Holloman, takes final flight

    Col. Robert McCutchen Jr., 56th Fighter Wing special assistant to the commander at Luke AFB, Ariz., visited the base April 19-21 to survey facilities for Holloman's upcoming transition to F-16s and to take his final flight in the Air Force.Colonel McCutchen toured the hangars, future ramp space

  • ‘Spice,’ one of many banned herbs

    A spate of incidents involving service members abusing the herbal mixture "spice" has prompted uniformed service leaders to stress the ramifications of using the drug and other prohibited substances, officials recently said. Marketed and sold as incense, and closely resembling potpourri, spice, also

  • Water conservation depends on people

    Imagine seeing 320 million gallon containers of water. It would cover a huge area, but that is how much water Luke Air Force Base consumes a year, according to Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Vera, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron energy program specialist.Sergeant Vera said he would like to see the base cut back on

  • Commentary: Sharpen the sword

    " ... The woman's knees buckled under her and she slumped to the ground. The Taliban men tried to lift her again, but she screamed and kicked. Two more men joined in and helped force her into a chest deep hole at one end of the soccer stadium. The blind-folded man next to her, on the other hand,

  • Newspaper records history of base

    The base newspaper is nearly 67 years old, and in those nearly seven decades, it has had five different names, but the common denominator has been keeping the base population up to date with events.The base newspaper has been there in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm,

  • RMO supports AT-6 weapons integration

    Capable, affordable, sustainable. Now there's an enduring concept that once devised, has never gone away. The Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve Test Center, a tenant unit on Tucson Air National Guard Base, was organized around the concept of capable, affordable, and sustainable weapons and