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  • 56th LRS wins AF Daedalian award

    The 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron earned the 2009 Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Readiness Award, also known as the Daedalian Award, for providing exceptional logistics support for Luke Air Force Base and the entire Air Force.The 56th LRS had awe-inspiring feats in 2009 by

  • 310th exercises with Marines

    Members of the 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit readied jets for action before 310th Fighter Squadron pilots took to the skies over Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., pitting the air-to-air capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon against Marine Corps Air Station Miramar's F-18 Hornets April 9

  • CPTS No. 1 in travel pay accuracy

    The finance department at Luke Air Force Base was No. 1 in the Air Force with a 98 percent travel pay accuracy rating last month after they adopted a new procedure they learned on the flightline.Maj. Quy Nguyen, 56th Comptroller Squadron commander, said they achieved these great numbers by learning

  • Luke remembers Holocaust, honors survivors, liberators

    As the realities of the Holocaust stunned the world, "Never Again," was the world's sentimental outcry. However, history has taught us that when the world stops being vigilant, genocide recurs. In 1994, in just 100 days, Rwanda's Hutu people murdered 800,000 Tutsi people. Since the mid-1990s, four

  • Leading Airmen through force management

    The Chief of Staff of the Air Force recently announced that our service must reduce its personnel end strength to meet congressionally-mandated limits. Air Force retention is currently at a 15-year high, which is a testament to the tremendous dedication of our Airmen serving during a time of

  • U.S. Olympic medalists visit Luke

    Four members of the U.S. Olympic team who medaled in the recent Winter Games in Vancouver visited Luke Air Force Base April 15 and 16. The trip brought the Olympians to the West Valley to meet Luke's Airmen and see activities the base performs each day.The team U.S.A. Olympians included mogul skiers

  • Protecting water source vital - ESOHCAMP 11 days away

    Although storm water runoff is simply rainwater, it flows over land and can become a problem. When it picks up and carries sediment and contaminants from streets, rooftops and lawns, it carries them to surface water bodies and ground water through the soil causing contamination. Storm water is a

  • Son re-enlists MXG chief, father

    When the time came for Chief Master Sgt. Steven Ferrell, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit superintendent, to re-enlist for what will be the final time in his career, the decision on which officer would do the honors was easy. He chose his son.Chief Ferrell's son, 1st Lt. Steve Ferrell, 28th Test and

  • CMS Airman aids injured teen

    Even though Staff Sgt. Elliott Velez, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron war readiness journeyman, isn't in the medical career field, he helped save the life of a 16-year-old autistic boy in Surprise April 8."I was on my way home from work and I saw a boy laying face down on the road motionless,"

  • ESOHCAMP begins May 3

    A guest team of auditors from around Air Education and Training Command will come to Luke Air Force Base to perform an External Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program inspection May 3 to 7.The week-long assessment will view Luke's mission and daily