Navy, Marines coming to Luke

Driving west on Lightning Street at Luke Air Force Base, it is impossible to miss the major construction that has been going on for the last few months in the lot east of the life skills building. The building construction will be wrapping up this fall, and Luke will become the new home for a Marine

EOD named Air Force top team of year

The Air Force and the Air Force Association named the Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal as team of the year, and the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD Flight shares this award. The AFA, in coordination with major command level command chief master sergeants and the Office of the Chief Master Sgt.

Baseball legend visits Luke

Editor's note: Tommy Lasorda has been in the Los Angeles Dodger organization for 60 years and managed the Dodgers for 20 seasons from 1977 to 1996. The Dodgers won the World Series in 1981 and 1988 under his management. Every sport has its legends - people who transcend the game and become

56th Security Forces named Air Force best

It was a very good year was the title of one of the late Frank Sinatra's biggest hit songs. The title would be appropriate for the 56th Security Forces Squadron as they captured the Air Force Outstanding Security Forces (medium) Unit award for 2008. A medium unit consists of 126 to 230 permanent and

Air show visitors take 'sentimental journey'

Gonna take a Sentimental Journey. Gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, to renew old memories. Sentimental Journey is a song by Doris Day and Les Brown's Band of Renown. It was released in 1945 and was Ms. Day's first number one song. Also in 1945, a new B-17G Flying Fortress

WW II aces grace Luke air show

The Luke Days 2009 Thunder in the Desert Open House and Air Show was filled with the latest fighter aircraft, as well as numerous demonstrations, highlighted by the Thunderbirds. Tens of thousands of people heard and saw the sights and sounds of technologically advanced machines as well as

Tuskegee Airmen share legacy

Americans enjoy freedom and equal rights, but sometimes there is a tendency to take them for granted. Sometimes people tend to think the way it is today is the way it has always been. Luke Air Force Base was privileged to have two surviving Tuskegee Airmen whose feats not only helped preserve

Luke Airmen give runway spit shine during FOD walk

No more than 12 hours after Luke Air Force Base's two-day Luke Days 2009 Thunder in the Desert Open House and Air Show concluded, Airmen from across the base inched along the flightline to gather trash that comes in all shapes and sizes left behind by air show visitors. It's better known as foreign

Wingin' it

Select Thunberbolts jump with Wings of Blue

A select group of Luke Airmen had the opportunity to tandem jump with the U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Team on March 19 at Gila Bend Aux Field. The team instructors and staff assigned to the 98th Flying Training Squadron have been practicing at Gila Bend throughout March, and the