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Airmen serve to honor fallen

Luke Air Force Base Honor Guard members do an average of 70 funerals per month for military veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grace Lee)

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Airmen serve to honor fallen

Honor Guard members move a mock casket during a six-man retirement sequence. Luke Honor Guard personnel train for funerals, color guards, flag raisings, sword cordons and more. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grace Lee)

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Airmen serve to honor fallen

Airman 1st Class John Bowling, 56th Force Support Squadron B flight trainer, issues rifle commands to Honor Guard rookies Oct. 3 in their first month rotation. The rookies are learning the firing party sequence, which is used during funerals. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grace Lee)

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At ‘tip of spear,’ passion keeps pilots sharp

Lt. Col. Shamsher Mann, 62nd Fighter Squadron commander, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Gulf of Mexico. Mann deployed to Iraq in 2001 and 2003. (Courtesy photo)

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EOD blows it up

Senior Airman Devan Vorse, 56th CES EOD team member, controls the SUG–V 310 bomb disposal robot, with a monacle display. The robot allows the operator to remain at a safe distance when disabling improvised explosive devices. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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EOD blows it up

Capt. Justin Schultz, 56th CES EOD team commander, scales a steep hillside to uncover a hidden weapon cache. Multiple scenarios were conducted throughout the four-day training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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EOD blows it up

Capt. Justin Schultz, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal commander, returns simulated fire. The exercise simulated past real-world events. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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EOD blows it up

Staff Sgt. Steven Dauck, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leader, participates in predeployment training Sept. 17 through 20 at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Southwest Arizona. Along the paths were trip wires to ensure the EOD teams practiced situational awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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EOD blows it up

Staff Sgt. Adam Clement, 56th CES EOD team leader, clears a path to place a disruption charge on an IED during the training. In situations where the EOD robot isn’t able to cover the terrain, EOD members must proceed on foot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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MDOS decons victims in exercise

Members of the 56th MDOS place a thermal blanket on a patient during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Hensley)

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MDOS decons victims in exercise

An MDOS member sets up a cordon to keep people away during the exercise. The exercise was held to evaluate 56th MDOS members’ ability to respond in a timely manner to a nerve agent release or, in this case, pesticide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Hensley)

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MDOS decons victims in exercise

Members of the 56th Medical Operations Squadron carry a patient to the decontamination tent Oct. 10 during a decontamination exercise at Luke Air Force Base. The automated tent rinses simulated contaminants from patients. The 56th MDOS conducts exercises every other month throughout the year to ensure they are ready for real-world emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Hensley)

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Thunderbolt wins national nurse award

Maj. Betty Venth, 56th Medical Group Family Health Flight commander, stands in front of Airmen she leads Oct. 1 in the 56th MDG Assembly Room. Venth recently received a national top nurse award for excellence in patient and staff management. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Owsianka)

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Operation Swift Savior

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Martin, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, prepares for the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

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Operation Swift Savior

Lt. Col. Monsita Faley, 34th Air Evacuation Squadron commander, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., guides Senior Airmen Robert Wallen, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, onto a C-130 Hercules transport during Operation Swift Savior, a four-day joint exercise with the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center Sept. 16 through 20 at Luke Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Nason)

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Operation Swift Savior

944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron personnel transport a patient from a dual-use vehicle to a C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

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Operation Swift Savior

Maj. William McGarry, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, and Master Sgt. Bryan Ebersole, 944th Medical Squadron, secure a patient into a dual-use vehicle specifically designed for patient transport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Nason

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Operation Swift Savior

Maj. Darrell Dierks, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron nurse, and VA personnel load patients into a dual-use vehicle Sept. 18 during the exercise at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Medical Center where he works as a critical care nurse. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

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Operation Swift Savior

Maj. Darrell Dierks, 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron nurse, and Merlin Garcia, Carl T. Hayden VA medical center nurse manager of intensive care, work together to prepare a patient for transport to Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

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Operation Swift Savior

Master Sgt. John Bartram and Staff Sgt. Cassandra Kavanaugh, 944th ASTS, update a status board after receiving patients from CTHVA medical center during Operation Swift Savior, a four-day joint exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Nason)

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