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  • Public Health offers advice on virus

    With Independence Day, the monsoon and rising temperatures ahead, summertime is officially here. Unfortunately carefree fun-in-the-sun days will be accompanied by the annoyance of mosquitoes and the season for increased chance of contracting West Nile Virus. WNV has already made its presence known

  • 35 cross threshold to help base members stay fit

    More than 35 Luke Thunderbolts received verbal and hands-on instruction by CrossFit trainers to become certified CrossFit instructors June 24 and 25. In an effort to address relatively small space and only a handful of instructors available at the CrossFit annex, base officials sought to have

  • Airfield management: More than FOD

    Where Luke Air Force Base's air traffic controllers monitor its skies, 56th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Operations control the flightline assets. "It's our responsibility to provide a safe, efficient and effective airfield environment for Luke's airfield operations," said Tech.

  • Intramural golf in full swing at Luke

    Twenty-eight teams hit the greens at Falcon Dunes Golf Course June 18 kicking off the Luke Air Force Base intramural golf season. The two-person teams will look to knock off the back-to-back champion 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. A team can win up to six points per match and the point total

  • Donations make annual golf tourney success

    Donators contributed more than $7,500 in support of the base's annual Airman's Golf Tournament and Fundraiser that took place June 12 at Falcon Dunes Golf Course. "Overall, the tournament was a huge success," said 1st Lt. Brian Reese, 56th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist and lead project

  • Top Hats hone lethal skills

    As the target approaches, sights are set and AIM 9 and AIM 120 missiles launch from a Luke Air Force Base F-16 Fighting Falcon, engulfing the enemy aircraft in flames. No, this did not happen in the skies over a war zone; it happened as part of a training exercise high above the New Mexico

  • 425th FS hosts pilot-for-a-day

    Running his fingers gently over the buttons in the cockpit, the young pilot takes in the view from where some of his new colleagues of the 425th Fighter Squadron may consider their office. Rafael "Ratchet" Rivera, 9, who was inducted into the 425th FS as their newest pilot-for-a-day, was accompanied