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  • MOS wins over-30 championship

    The winter 2009 over-30 basketball season came to a dramatic close March 17 when the 56th Maintenance Operations Squadron defeated the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron 43-40 in the championship elimination game. The victory did not come easy. CE, came out of the loser's bracket, beat MOS, from the

  • $7.1M project brings gates to standards, poses traffic challenges

    A multi-million dollar project to bring Luke Air Force Base gates up to standards began in February. Along with other improvements, pop-up barriers are being installed that will provide a nine-second reaction time from the gates to the barriers. Currently, the project is 10 percent complete and is

  • UCI: Are you ready

    Operational Readiness Inspection, less than 30 days out, scheduled for May 4 through 8... easy day, right? No wait, now it's a Unit Compliance Inspection, which is actually harder. So, what's the difference? Basically an ORI grades your unit on executing its mission (what you do every day) plus

  • Loss prevention safeguards protect Airmen, families

    With a dual mission to provide quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and to generate earnings to support family and morale, welfare and recreation programs, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is enlisting the support of the latest loss-prevention technology to protect

  • 56th MDG laboratorians saluted as professionals

    More than 10 billion medical laboratory tests are performed in the United States each year to confirm diagnoses, rule out suspected conditions or monitor treatment. Sunday through April 25 the 56th Medical Group is celebrating the contributions of its laboratory professionals during National Medical

  • Reserve, active-duty unite to repair fire truck

    In the spirit of Team Luke and Total Force Integration, vehicle mechanics from the 56th and 944th Fighter Wings partnered to repair the base's only P-23 crash fire truck, the largest in the firefighting fleet.  As the base prepared for 200,000 spectators to enter the gates for Luke Days March 21 and

  • Medical directives help guide care

    The second annual National Healthcare Decisions Day was Thursday and was ment to raise awareness of the need for adults to discuss and document personal healthcare decisions before they become ill or unable to communicate those wishes. Making healthcare decisions can be stressful under the best of