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  • Luke graduates first F-35A initial qualification course

    Class 17-ABL from the 61st Fighter Squadron made history graduating the first F-35A Lightning II initial qualification course Aug. 5. After eight months of tremendous teamwork from across the 56th Fighter Wing, Team Luke produced six F-35A fighter pilots ready for the combat Air Force.

  • Spikes Honor Squadron Mate Finally Laid to Rest

    Nearly 50 Airmen assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona attended the funeral of former 62nd FS pilot 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pennsylvania Aug. 4.

  • Coming full circle: AETC command chief retires after 29 years

    Stepping off of the bus in June 1988, then trainee Dave Staton, like every Airman before him, started the first chapter on his Air Force journey at then Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, a place that would hold special significance to the now chief master sergeant, after an illustrious 29-year Air

  • Airmen in developmental special duties epitomize leadership, core values

    Air Force officials filled 770 positions across nine developmental special duties, or DSDs, for spring 2017. The DSD nomination process occurs twice each year and is designed to fill specific special duties the Air Force has acknowledged as developmental due to their unique requirements. Commanders

  • EOD engage in fly-away training

    When conducting military operations in a hostile environment, situational awareness requires mental fortitude, resilience and skill. The stressful conditions can cause uncertainty in ones own capability, also known as the ‘fog of war’.To reduce the uncertainty in these situations, the 56th Civil

  • EOD Airman Finds Balance on the Ice

    Kuwait winds had blown the coarse, orange sand all over the road. The Explosive Ordinance Disposal team leader jumped out of the vehicle to survey the area. There was intelligence of a possible minefield just outside Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base. Senior Airman Jeffrey Knelange, still on the truck,

  • The Great Escape: setting the record straight

    A memorial ceremony took place to commemorate the “Great Escape” of World War II near Ramstein AB, Germany on July 1, 2017. The memorial honored Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Bushell and French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernard Scheidhauer, the two escapees executed near Ramstein in March 1944.

  • Keesler furthers MTL development with new building, resources

    The 81st Training Support Squadron’s Military Training Leader Course schoolhouse has a new home in Lott Hall, where the first course in the new building began July 17.The instructors, formerly based in Allee Hall, only had a couple classrooms at their disposal. They now have access to a dedicated