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56th Fighter Wing Quarterly Load Crew Competition

Senior Airman Jonathan Bradley, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew team member, prepares a GBU-12 Paveway II to be loaded 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

The 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew competitors load an AIM-120 missile at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Oct. 6, 2017. Six of the best load crews competed against each other to determine who was best by demonstrating their loading skill in head-to-head competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota)

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56th Fighter Wing Quarterly Load Crew Competition

Senior Airman Jason Hansford (Right), 63rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, and Staff Sgt. Zachary Lees, 63rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew chief, prepare an AIM-120 missile for loading 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

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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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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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.

Airmen assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing display the American Flag from the air traffic control tower during Team Luke’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The ceremony included a flag unfurling, a moment of silence and a ten story stair climb honoring those killed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel)

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LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.

Airmen from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron perform a color guard sequence during Team Luke’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The ceremony included a flag unfurling, recount of events, a moment of silence and a ten story stair climb honoring those who lost their lives during the terrorist attack. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman James Hensley)

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