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  • 310th FS Maximizes Ops to Combat Pilot Shortage

    The 310th FS flies 26 sorties a day, allowing them to train more fighter pilots more efficiently. The current pilot training rate is a part of the 56th Fighter Wing’s efforts to combat the Air Force’s shortage of fighter pilots.

  • Airman takes action, saves three families

    Powerful gusts waded between the rows of houses lining the street of a sunny suburb of Manteca, Calif. It was a hot July day and Tech. Sgt. Michael Cleary, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, noted that it was unusually windy in his hometown.

  • 56th CE Firefighters Lead Training Advancements

    As firemen arrive at the residence they can feel the scorching heat from the inferno that lies before them. The entire house is engulfed in deep red and amber flames as bellows of ash and smoke fill the air. Instinctually, the firefighters jump into action, working as a team to extinguish the blaze.

  • 2018 Cardinals Salute-to-Service Boot Camp

    The Arizona Cardinals, in collaboration with local organizations, invited Thunderbolts to the University of Phoenix stadium to participate in the 2018 Cardinals Boot Camp, where Airmen ran drills and tested their football skills in a mock-combine.

  • Kingsley Airmen embrace Guard-Active integration

    Two of the United Stated Air Force’s components, active duty and Air National Guard, traditionally have similar national objectives while having different missions as they both work to defend the nation. However, at the 173rd Fighter Wing the addition of an active duty squadron means that these two

  • Back-to-School Bash 2018

    The 2018 Back-to-School Bash allowed on-base and local organizations to provide hundreds of backpacks, notebooks, folders, pencils, and other school supplies to military families preparing for the new school year.allowed on-base and local organizations to provide hundreds of backpacks, notebooks,

  • Six candidates selected to represent AETC in Defender Challenge

    The top security forces defenders from across Air Education and Training Command gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis and JBSA-Lackland Medina Annex July 23-27 for the opportunity to represent AETC in the upcoming Air Force Defender Challenge.

  • Luke AFB

    Our mission to train the world's greatest fighter pilots and combat ready airmen can't happen without the hard work and support of Luke's community. In a day, Luke is a buzzing base where so many people are busy working, getting groceries, and going to appointments and doing what they can, so that