News Search

  • Media Release-Luke Airman dies

    56th Fighter Wing Phone - (623) 856-8182 Office of Public Affairs FAX - (623) 856-6013 14185 W. Falcon St. After duty hours - (623) 856-5600 Luke AFB, AZ 85309-1629 www.luke.af.mil                                                                                                                Release

  • SFS, EOD support UN function

    The 56th Security forces Squadron and 56th Civil Engineer Squadron sent teams from Luke Air Force Base to help the New York Police Department, Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies with security during the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, N.Y. Sept. 17 through 27. The teams

  • Luke takes energy conservation prize

    Luke Air Force Base recently took third place in the Air Education and Training Command's 2009 Energy Incentive Award program. The program was designed to recognize and reward bases that conserved the most energy from July 2008 to July 2009. Vance Air Force Base, Okla., took $1.5 million in award

  • 62nd Spikes graduate 10 pilots from CBC

    Team Thunderbolt has yet another victory to celebrate. October 2, the 62nd Fighter Squadron graduated 10 students from class 09-CBC, the final and formal step in achieving the 56th Fighter Wing mission to "Train the world's greatest F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots and maintainers, while deploying

  • CPTS requires typed documents

    As of Oct. 1, the Financial Services Office is asking customers in their lobby to type all military pay and travel documents. Because of Air Force-wide process changes, documents submitted by customers are now scanned and sent electronically to the Air Force Financial Services Center. This change

  • Marines ribbon cutting marks historic day at Luke

    For the first time in history, a U.S. Marine Corps battalion has a home on Luke Air Force Base. Separating them from their new home was a thin strand of red, tape-thin material. That ribbon blocking the entrance to the new building was sheared Sept. 12 with a "K-bar" knife by Marine Corps Capt.

  • Luke pilot breaks 4,000 flying hours

    Over the skies of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, one Luke F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot recently reached a milestone that few pilots can claim. Lt. Col. Greg Lukasiewicz, 62nd Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations and 944th Fighter Wing, 301st Fighter Squadron Reserve pilot, broke 4,000 F-16

  • Base commemorates POW/MIA Day

    More than 200 Luke Air Force Base Airmen, local veterans and community members remembered those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces and are missing in action or were prisoners of war during a ceremony Sept. 16 held in front of the wing headquarters building. Retired Brig. Gen. Ralph Browning, former

  • Crowd includes Thunderbolts at Air Force Marathon

    Nearly 10,000 runners, including a number from Luke Air Force Base, lined up at the start for the 2009 Air Force Marathon Saturday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The events included participants running in the full marathon as well as a wheeled division, a half-marathon and a 10K

  • New commander takes 944th OG reins

    Hangar 999 was full of distinguished guests, friends and family members in attendance for the 944th Operations Group change-of-command ceremony Sept. 11. Col. Michael Popovich, 944th Fighter Wing commander, served as the presiding officer during the ceremony where Lt. Col. Dave Davis relinquished