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  • Holiday budgeting important for new year

    Every year nearly 300 million Americans celebrate Christmas which entails not only spreading holiday cheer, but buying gifts for loved ones. While gift giving can be rewarding, the result can leave some financially unfit for the new year.

  • Luke creates first F-35 undergraduate pilot syllabus

    It was a historic moment as the first class of undergraduate pilots began training through the newly written F-35 Lightning II syllabus Monday in the F-35 Academic Training Center at Luke Air Force Base.

  • Young thunderbolts learn about deployments

    The 56th Force Support Squadron’s staff held its biannual mock deployment event at the Ability to Survive and Operate area Oct. 15 at Luke Air Force Base. The event, code-named Operation Kids, was held to show children of military members the duty and life of an Airman who is deployed.

  • Remains of fighter pilot hero return home after 10 years

    This week, nearly 10 years after he was killed in combat operations in Iraq, U.S. forces brought home the remains of F-16 pilot Maj. Troy Gilbert, who died saving the lives of U.S. service members and coalition allies.

  • 56th CS keeps Luke connected

    Technology has become a major facet in people’s lives, connecting people through email phone calls, and typed documents. At Luke the Airmen of the 56th Communication Squadron provide the infrastructure to support, power and repair this network, ensuring mission success at Luke.

  • Luke hosts Back-to-School Bash

    Dark clouds and lighting filled up the sky as members of the Luke community made their way towards Fowler Park. The Luke Chapel and Luke Airman Fund sponsored a Back to School Bash Aug. 2 at to help give back to the Airmen and their families.

  • Luke AFB and local community join in P4 initiative

    Luke Air Force Base and West Valley Phoenix community leaders inked a memorandum of understanding identifying the structure of the Luke Community Partnership program during the Luke West Valley Council meeting June 16 at Luke AFB, Arizona.

  • Luke steps toward awareness

    LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Building awareness of the impact that sexual assault has on victims, survivors and their families is an important issue for the U.S. Air Force and Luke AFB community.

  • Two-year anniversary since Lightning struck Luke

    This month marks the two-year anniversary of the unveiling of the first F-35 Lightning II to arrive at Luke Air Force Base. The arrival of the F-35 ushered in a new era of operational and mechanical training for the base whose primary mission for the past 34 years had been to train the world’s