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  • Acting SecAF visits Luke AFB

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited Luke Air Force Base on Nov. 5 to speak to Luke Airmen and preside over the retirement ceremony of a civil servant in the 56th Comptroller Squadron, Dorothy Rowe, who retired after serving 70 years - the longest tenure of any civilian in the Air

  • Sheppard graduates Air Force's first RPA avionic maintainers

    Sheppard graduated the Air Force's first group of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Avionics Systems apprentice's Nov. 7, during a cermeony here. The group of newly trained students is stepping into a career field that's seen an increasing amount of importance in the Air Force mission, which recently

  • Honor and Camaraderie: Chaplain receives knighthood and continues to serve

    He may not wear medieval armor while on horseback wielding a man-sized sword, but he does live by a code of honor as a knight.Through dedication and motivation, Chaplain Maj. David Kruse, 82nd Training Wing, has achieved knighthood through the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

  • Laughlin chaplain visits White House for Veterans Day

    A Laughlin chaplain was chosen by his peers to attend the White House breakfast Nov. 11, hosted annually by the president for members of the Veterans Day Committee. Chaplain (Maj.) Andrew McIntosh, 47th Flying Training Wing chaplain, was asked by the Military Chaplains Association to attend the

  • Legendary squadron reactivated

    Luke Air Force Base marked an important milestone last week when it stood up its first F-35 unit, the 61st Fighter Squadron, at a ceremony on Oct. 25. Lt. Col. Michael Ebner assumed command of the squadron, which traces its lineage to World War II and received distinction as the first fighter

  • Longest-serving Air Force civil servant retires

    Most dream of crossing the retirement finish line after 20 to 35 years of service. For one civil servant, her date of retirement after 70 years wasn't determined based on time, but on her ability to work.For 88-year-old Dorothy Rowe, 56th Comptroller Squadron financial analysis flight chief, going

  • Affordable Care Act has little effect on TRICARE beneficiaries

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now in effect. The new law has some military members, retirees and TRICARE beneficiaries wondering how it will affect them. For most TRICARE beneficiaries, it won't have any effect. Beneficiaries who receive benefits under any TRICARE program meet

  • Silver wings run deep - recent SUPT graduate continues family tradition

    Recently the newly pinned Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class of 14-01 included a graduate of deep roots. 2nd Lt. Rebecca Ball received her pilot wings today, celebrating with her father and brother, fellow prior-enlisted pilots, whose footsteps she has followed in."Some people are just

  • AETC/CV speaks at first national MWD monument dedication ceremony

    Lt. Gen. James Holmes, Air Education and Training Command vice commander, was a part of history Oct. 28 when he had the chance to speak at a ceremony unveiling the first national monument dedicated to U.S. Military Working Dog teams. The dedication and unveiling ceremony completes a quest to