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Vol. 15, No. 33
INSIDE Luke’s nightlife …
STORIES
Ammo keeps it real, 3
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Breastfeeding
awareness, 5
Mold in the desert?, 7
Powerlifting records
broken, 23
FEATURE
Senior Airman Devante Williams Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer
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Construction plan supports F-35 program
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Diversions ........................... 20
Sports.................................. 23 A multi-disciplinary team across the 56th The next phase will be building the 63rd While it seems like a long way off, this
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK Base to become the largest F-35 Lightning the necessary facilities for the F-35 program
II training base in the world. $QDGGLWLRQWRWKHÀHOGWUDLQLQJGHWDFK- at Luke to grow and succeed, contributing to
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starts with being real. Nothing will ´&RQVWUXFWLRQ SURMHFWV DUH UHQRYDWLQJ tem maintainers can hone their craft. They
erode credibility quicker than followers fabricating and standardizing areas for are scheduled to be opened in early 2016. “The air superiority this nation has en-
hearing you say one thing and then do- the purpose of training Airmen on the F-35 joyed for 60 years is not an accident and
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