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  • Crisis Nursery kids tour Luke Air Force Base

    Life is seen entirely different through the eyes of a child.Last week, 12 children from the Crisis Nursery of Phoenix took a glimpse into a unique part of their community -- Luke Air Force Base.The 56th Fighter Wing Chapel welcomed the children with open arms and coordinated a hands-on tour that

  • Luke gets 'green' ESOHCAMP thumbs-up

    The goal of any team focusing on the environment is to "go green," but Luke Air Force Base took it a step further when preparing the base for the recent wing-wide environmental inspection.Air Education and Training Command inspectors conducted the Environmental Safety and Occupational Health

  • Thunderbolt selected to fly F-35

    Luke Air Force Base will soon begin looking for a new wing weapons officer. Maj. Josh Wood, who currently holds the position, will be departing Luke and for that matter, will no longer be flying F-16s. But there's a good reason - he's to fly the next generation aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II Joint

  • Air Force hero, ace passes away

    Aces stand as American heroes and military legends. The Air Force recently lost one such legend with the passing of an ace from America's "greatest generation" and a member of the famed 56th Fighter Group from World War II. Col. Walker "Bud" Mahurin (ret.) passed away May 11 peacefully at his home

  • Lorenz on Leadership -- Sustaining a wingman culture

    On April 20, a 22-year-old man with a history of violence walked into a bookstore in Wichita Falls, Texas, and started shooting. He wounded four women, then drove to a bar and killed an employee outside before he drove home and took his own life. This tragedy sounds like so many we hear about on the

  • D. Baxter Bobcat prowls Luke

    It's not every day a bobcat is loose on Luke Air Force Base, but that was the case April 27 when Arizona Diamondbacks mascot D. Baxter Bobcat came for a tour and video shoot for an upcoming Diamondbacks game.Baxter reported at 6:30 a.m. to work out with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, which

  • Luke welcomes Danish air force

    About 100 members from the Royal Danish air force fighter wing deployed to Luke Air Force Base recently for a monthlong F-16 combat enhancement training mission. Maj. Michael Rosenkrands, Danish detachment commander, said they do a lot of their training outside of Denmark because of its size and for

  • 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