Page 2 - Luke AFB Thunderbolt March 3 2017

2 March 2017 COMMENTARY Thunderbolt
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PHONE NUMBERS It’s all about the hooks
Commentary and photo by
Airman and Family Readiness Center ................................. 623-856-6550 Master Sgt. distance, target elevation, target the proper medicine to the pilot, he or
Airman’s Attic ......................................................................... 623-856-6415 description, etc. she can’t y.
Armed Forces Bank ............................................................... 623-535-9766 BENJAMIN WILSON
Base Exchange main store ..................................................... 623-935-2671 The pilot con rms the most perti- The hooks don’t release.
Base taxi ................................................................................... 623-856-6866 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs nent information and presses re. Every Airman, however close to
Beauty shop ............................................................................. 623-536-1897 or far from the ightline, is working
Chapel ...................................................................................... 623-856-6211 SOUTHWEST ASIA — High The hooks release. toward one singular goal – generat-
Chapel (after duty hours) ....................................................... 623-856-5600 above Mosul, Iraq, a fighter pilot Everything leading up to that mo- ing, executing and sustaining combat
Child development center ...................................................... 623-856-6338 arrives on station. ment was designed to ensure the airpower.
Clothing sales .......................................................................... 623-856-6310 situation was exactly right to have the Each person on the installation does
Club Five Six ........................................................................... 623-856-6446 Now within 20 nautical miles of aircraft’s hooks release a munition and that differently by performing the du-
Command post ........................................................................ 623-856-5600 the target, the pilot arms the weap- put a bomb on target. ties required by his or her Air Force
Commissary ............................................................................ 623-935-3821 ons on board and checks in with However, it took much more to get specialty, but the mission could not be
Community center .................................................................. 623-856-7152 a joint terminal attack controller, the pilot on station over the battle. accomplished effectively without every
Computer IT service desk .................................................... DSN 945-2900 identifying the call sign, position If the communications Airman had organization working in sync with all
Crime Stop ............................................................................... 623-856-6666 and combat load of munitions. not updated the cryptography codes, the others.
Dental clinic ............................................................................. 623-856-2273 the pilot could not have communicated Regardless of the duty an Airman
Dermatology ............................................................................ 623-856-2273 The pilot can see explosions, small with the JTAC. is currently performing, we should
Dining hall ............................................................................... 623-856-6396 arms re and artillery lighting up The hooks don’t release. never lose sight of why we are here.
Dorm management ................................................................. 623-856-7841 the banks of the Tigris River as Iraqi If an Airman at the dining facility The enemy is a vicious and hateful
Education center ..................................................................... 623-856-7722 security forces battle Islamic State of served the pilot under-cooked meat, he one, whom we have been charged with
EMERGENCY ONLY ............................................................................ 911 Iraq and the Levant terrorists below. or she could fall ill during ight. permanently eradicating. The way
Equal opportunity ................................................................... 623-856-7711 The hooks don’t release. we do that is to ensure the conditions
Eye clinic ................................................................................. 623-856-7965 The JTAC responds with a situa- If the electricity goes out, the opera- are right at any given moment to put
Falcon Dunes Golf Course .................................................... 623-535-9334 tion update. Surface to air threats, tional order can’t be delivered through bombs on target.
Family health clinic ................................................................ 623-856-2273 recently struck targets and locations the secure network. If the contracting In the words of Col. David Lyons,
Family housing ....................................................................... 623-388-3515 of known friendly forces are among Airman doesn’t order the liquid oxygen 407th Air Expeditionary Group com-
Fire station ............................................................................... 623-856-6641 the information passed to the pilot. supply, the jets will be grounded. If mander, “It’s all about the hooks.”
Firestone Car Care .................................................................. 623-271-8104 A nine-line close air support brief- the pharmacy technician doesn’t give
Fitness center ........................................................................... 623-856-6241 ing is used to pass along all the
Flight medicine ....................................................................... 623-856-2273 essential information – heading,
Food court ................................................................................ 623-935-2671
Fort Tuthill ............................................................................... 623-856-3401 Thank you so much for all the ‘Thanks’
Fraud, waste and abuse hotline ............................................. 623-856-6149
Hobby shop ............................................................................. 623-856-6722 Commentary and photo
Housing assistance section .................................................... 623-856-7643 by Master Sgt.
Housing facilities section ....................................................... 623-856-3007 MIKE SMITH
Housing maintenance ............................................................. 623-935-2676
Identification cards .................................................................. 623-856-7832 I.G. Brown Training An American flag created from handprints by elementary school children in east
Information, tickets and travel ............................................... 623-856-6000 and Education Center Tennessee for appreciation to a service member hangs on a wall at the I.G. Brown
Law enforcement desk ........................................................... 623-856-5970 Training and Education Center in Louisville, Tenn.
Legal assistance ....................................................................... 623-856-6901 LOUISVILLE, Tenn. — If I
Library ...................................................................................... 623-856-7191 went through my past receipts
Lightning Gate visitor reception center ................................ 623-856-4880 on military discounts I would
Lodging office/switchboard ................................................... 623-856-3941 calculate a lot of cash left in my
Maintenance control center ................................................... 623-856-5469 wallet from the generosity and
Marine Corps ........................................................................... 623-856-2417 appreciation of American busi-
Marine Corps 24-hour duty desk .......................................... 602-421-5806 nesses through the years; es-
Marketing ................................................................................ 623-856-3245 pecially from hardware stores.
Medical appointments ............................................................ 623-856-2273
Military equal opportunity ..................................................... 623-856-7711 A kitchen renovation is the
Military pay ............................................................................. 623-856-7028 newest project I’m tackling on
Navy Operations Support Center .......................................... 602-353-3008 my own time since its mid-
OB/GYN clinic ....................................................................... 623-856-2273 winter and there’s no pool to
Office of Special Investigations ............................................ 623-856-6821 clean or ower beds to weed at
Optometrist .............................................................................. 623-856-2273 my Georgia home.
Orthopedic clinic ..................................................................... 623-856-2273
Outdoor recreation .................................................................. 623-856-6267 It’s a dirty job but not too
Pass and registration ............................................................... 623-856-4880 dif cult, so the wife and I will
Patient advocate ...................................................................... 623-856-8968 save a bit of money by not
Pediatric clinic ......................................................................... 623-856-2273 hiring a contractor, and from
Pharmacy refill call-in ............................................................ 623-856-3969
Photo services .......................................................................... 623-856-6168 See ThANKS, Page 15
Post Office ............................................................................... 623-935-1343
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Wellness center ........................................................................ 623-856-2273
Youth center ............................................................................. 623-856-7470