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56th Fighter Wing Quarterly Load Crew Competition

Senior Airman Jonathan Bradley, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew team member, guides munitions onto an F-35A Lightning II at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2017. Six different AMUs from Team Luke competed in the 56th Fighter Wing Quarterly Load Crew competition which evaluates technical proficiency, safety procedures and overall time to load munitions onto aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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56th Fighter Wing Quarterly Load Crew Competition

An Airman assigned to the 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepares a GBU-12 Paveway II bomb during the 56th Fighter Quarterly Load Crew competition at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2017. Though several tools are used to load munitions, often times Airmen have to use their hands for meticulous tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jensen Stidham)

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Luke Veterinary Treatment Facility keeps working animals; service member’s pets healthy

Nicole Avci, 56th Aerospace Medicine Squadron veterinary treatment facility officer-in-charge, performs a routine checkup on Tarzan, a U.S. Border Patrol K-9, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2017. The vet clinic’s primary mission is to care for government owned animals, but they also provide services for military family owned cats and dogs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Hensley)

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Luke Veterinary Treatment Facility keeps working animals; service member’s pets healthy

Army Sgt. Ivan Aburto, 56th Aerospace Medicine Squadron veterinary treatment facility NCO-in-charge, draws a vial of blood from Tarzan, a U.S. Border Patrol K-9, during a routine checkup at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2017. The vet clinic’s primary mission is to care for government owned animals, but they also provide services for military family owned cats and dogs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Hensley)

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EOD Proficiency Training

Senior Airman Tahir Finley, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team member (left) and Airman 1st Class Christian Bish, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions management apprentice, prepare sticks of dynamite for detonation at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2017. Throughout the demolition day, EOD Airmen worked together to ensure safety when handling explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Cook)

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EOD Proficiency Training

Senior Airman Tahir Finley, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team member, searches for bomb fragments after a detonation at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2017. After detonation, EOD Airmen look for remnants of fragments to see the effects caused by the explosion. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Cook)

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EOD Proficiency Training

Senior Airman Jared Ball, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team member, performs render safe procedures on a Mark 81 bomb at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2017. The render safe procedure is the act of applying special EOD procedures, methods and tools to provide the interruption of functions or separations of essential components of unexploded ordnance to prevent an unacceptable detonation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Cook)

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EOD Proficiency Training

Senior Airman Ryan Gildehaus, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team member, ties down explosives at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Gila Bend, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2017. Before training, EOD Airmen loaded various test explosives onto their vehicles that were used on the range throughout the training day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Cook)

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EOD Proficiency Training

The 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team participated in proficiency training at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2017. Proficiency training ensures that EOD Airmen remain capable in using explosives to disarm possible improvised explosive device threats and ultimately save lives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Cook)

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Data collection continues to assess flightline environment

Members of Team Luke and Airmen from the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine relocated equipment on the flightline to perform air quality testing at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. The team members from the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine visited Luke for follow-up testing related to the F-35A Lightning II program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Data collection continues to assess flightline environment

1st Lt. Emilee Senn, F-35 Joint Program Office life support engineer and Megan Steele, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine bioenvironmental engineer, annotate data from a kestrel meter at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. Senn and Steele worked together to record data for the F-35A Lightning II program and potential factors corresponding to the air quality of Luke and the surrounding area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Data collection continues to assess flightline environment

1st Lt. Kelsey Schafer, 711th Human Performance Wing mechanical engineer, checks measurements on a kestrel meter at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. Schafer and other team members from the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine visited Luke to collect samples to determine the air quality of Luke and the surrounding area for follow-up testing with the F-35A Lightning II program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Data collection continues to assess flightline environment

Danielle McKenzie-Smith, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine bioenvironmental engineer secures testing equipment on the flightline at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. McKenzie-Smith and the team strategically placed equipment to test chemicals, particle sizes and the distribution of particles in the air related to the F-35A Lightning II program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Units unite for end of year close out

Airman 1st Class Dimitri Pfeifer, 56th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, performs a labor standards interview with Manuel Reyes, Starkweather Roofing Inc. foreman, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. The labor standards interview was part of a site survey at the Security Forces Squadron rooftop. Pfeifer made sure the subcontractors and workers were receiving pay appropriate to the job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Hensley)

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Mateship 100 years

A Royal Australian and U.S. Air Force crew chief shake hands in front of an Australian F-35A Lightning II at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 14, 2017. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Australia-U.S. partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Hensley)

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Mateship 100 years

Airman 1st Class Alex Akers, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief (left), and Cpl Jeff Forder, 61st AMU Australian crew chief, stand in front of an F-35A Lightning II at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 14, 2017. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Australia-U.S. partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Hensley)

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Thunderbolts provide innovation, implement fix to F-35 program

A bobtail is parked outside of a Logistics Readiness Squadron facility Sept. 14, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The bobtails, which are a specialized towing vehicle used to haul various types of equipment on the flightline, were found to have a hardware issue with the pintle hook assembly creating a FOD concern. A team of approximately nine Airmen developed an innovative solution to fix the issue now being implemented into the F-35 program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Thunderbolts provide innovation, implement fix to F-35 program

Daniel Villela, 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron mobile equipment mechanic, poses for a portrait next to the pintle hook assembly on a bobtail Sept. 14, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Villela was the lead mechanic to provide the steps in reconfiguring and implementing a fix to the pintle hook mechanism for the bobtails that tow the F-35 on the flightline at Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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Thunderbolts provide innovation, implement fix to F-35 program

Daniel Villela, 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron mobile equipment mechanic, poses for a portrait with members of his team who helped identify and create a solution for a defect on mission essential equipment Sept. 12, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Villela was the lead mechanic to provide the steps in reconfiguring and implementing a fix to the pintle hook mechanism for the bobtails that tow the F-35 on the flightline at Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel).

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.

Senior Airman Owen Ricker, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Fighter, poses for a portrait Sept. 11, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. During Team Luke’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony, Ricker played his ceremonial bagpipes and also participated in a ten story stair climb in the air traffic control tower honoring those who lost their lives during the 2001 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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