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10 January 2017 2016 IN PHOTOS Thunderbolt www.aerotechnews.com/lukeafb http://www.luke.af.mil
Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota
A Luke Air Force Base F-35 Lightning II accepts fuel from a KC -135 Stratotanker May 5 at 21,000 feet above Arizona.
Senior Airman Devante Williams
Master Sgt. Anne Baker, soprano vocalist with the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, sang the national anthem for her birth son’s pilot graduation May 20 at Luke Air Force Base.
Airman 1st Class Pedro Mota
Lt. Col. Gregory Frana, 62nd Fighter Squadron com- mander, prepares to remove his helmet May 19 at Luke Air Force Base after flying Luke’s 5,000th F-35 Light- ning II sortie. Paul Linski, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Lockheed Martin crew chief, stands by to assist Frana in safely removing his gear and exiting the jet.
A Republic of Singapore Air Force maintainer assigned to Luke Air Force Base secures an RSAF F-16 Fighting Falcon after a RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2 morning sortie June 7 on the Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, flightline. The invitation and participation of the RSAF in exercises such as RF-A 16-2 further demonstrates the United States’ commit- ment to maintaining stability in the Pacific.
Capt. Elias Zani
Tech. Sgt. Luther Mitchell Jr.
Senior Airman Logan Avery, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ord- nance Disposal team leader, renders safe a simulated homemade explosive June 24 at Luke Air Force Base. Avery is wearing an EOD 9 bomb suit and helmet for protection against direc- tional fragments.
Staff Sgt. Staci Miller
Staff Sgt. Keli Manglona, 56th Main- tenance Group weapons quality as- surance inspector, balances life as an Airman and as a professional mixed martial artist.
Senior Airman Devante Williams
Staff Sgt. John Morin, 56th Comptroller Squadron customer service technician, shows Senior Airman Corey Shires and Airman 1st Class Alexander Hayden the process of filing travel vouchers June 13 at Luke Air Force Base. The 56th CPTS in- cludes financial services, financial analysis, nonappropriated fund oversight, qual- ity assurance and a command section. The unit’s overriding goals are customer service and fiscal execution.
Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, signs the memorandum of understanding identifying the structure of the Luke Community Partnership program during the Luke West Valley Council meeting June 16 at Luke AFB. The Luke Com- munity Partnership program is part of the Air Force’s Public-Public, Public-Private initiative, known as P4, which began in 2012. This partnership provides an ongoing framework and offers a means to effectively combine and use capabilities to enhance mission effectiveness and reduce costs.
Staff Sgt. Staci Miller