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  • Luke pilot surpasses 3,000 hours

    Equivalent to 125 days spent strapped into a seat of an F-16 Fighting Falcon is the flying of 3,000 hours -- a milestone one pilot surpassed here Sept. 22. Lt. Col. Tony Barrell, 56th Fighter Wing Range Management Office air range operations chief has been chipping away for more than 20 years of

  • Neuropsychological assessment comes to Luke

    A common denominator of every war from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is injury to the head, whether emotional or physical. Traumatic brain injuries in the current conflicts are a focus of concern for leadership, according to Col. (Dr.) Joseph Chozinski, 56th

  • Thunderbolts mourn loss of Luke Airman

    More than 200 Thunderbolts gathered at a memorial ceremony to mourn the loss of Airman 1st Class Rashad Seals at the Luke Chapel Oct. 3. Airman Seals, a member of the 56th Security Forces Squadron, drowned Sept. 20 while tubing in the Salt River near Mesa. The memorial was attended by Brig. Gen.

  • Luke varsity baseball dominates

    Luke Falcons varsity baseball hosted the 2008 Air Force Varsity Baseball Bash Tournament Sept. 25 through 28 at Millennium High School in Goodyear. Teams from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Altus AFB, Okla., and Tinker AFB, Okla., joined Luke in the tournament. "We were very

  • Lady Falcons bring home gold

    The Lady Falcon's varsity softball team's season came to a victorious end Thursday night. Ranked third with a season record of nine wins and four losses, they were looking to end the season well and came out swinging at the end-of-season Peoria Adult Women's Varsity Baseball League tournament. The

  • Fire prevention week

     Most of us have heard the story of Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocking over a lantern Oct. 9, 1871, and starting the Chicago Fire. The fire killed 300 people and destroyed 2,000 acres of the city. However, four decades later, the Fire Marshals Association of North America decided that the anniversary of

  • Hard work is good therapy

    I was raised on the outskirts of a small town. My dad was a banker; however, his life's dream was to be a dairy farmer and consequently we lived on a small farm. We had cows, chickens, pigs and a fairly large plot of land for a garden. My life was filled with chores. I was the oldest son and it

  • Preventive surgery good for stomach

    The constant beeping of the heart monitor barely registers on the surgeon as she intently concentrates on the incision she is about to make on her patient, sprawled before her on the operating table on Sept. 22. Maj. (Dr.) Laura Lester, 56th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Veterinary Services Flight

  • Cold War pilots have reunion at Luke

    Close to 40 pilots stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from 1960 to 1966 met Monday at Luke for their fifth biennial reunion. The day at Luke capped off the event, which commenced Sept. 27 at the Wigwam Resort. Most of the attending pilots were Luke graduates, and all were Air Force pilots who

  • Numbered Air Force commander tours Luke

    The 19th Air Force commander visited Luke Sept. 24 through 26 as part of his initial orientation of the command since taking charge of the numbered Air Force headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on July 30. Maj. Gen. Greg Feest toured base facilities during his three-day trip and met