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“We train the world’s greatest fighter pilots and combat ready Airmen” May 2020
Vol. 19, No. 5
INSIDE Base continues training mission
Tech. Sgt. James
StorIES Hayes, 63rd Air-
craft Maintenance
#RiseupAETC, 3 Unit instructor,
marshals an F-
Airman volunteers, 4 35A Lightning II
April 8 at Luke
F-35 program award, 5 Air Force Base.
Maintainers at
Doolittle Raid, 7 Luke AFB enable
the mission by
AF partners for COVID launching and
R&D, 9 recovering air-
craft, inspecting
944th medics deploy, 10 components and
ensuring aircraft
For more stories, go to www. are serviceable to
aerotechnews.com/lukeafb/ fly. Luke AFB is
home to 77 F-16s
and 98 F-35s, en-
abling assigned
Airmen to train
the world’s great-
est fighter pilots
and combat-
Continue to get Luke’s latest Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder ready Airmen.
news and information from
these sources: https://www.
aerotechnews.com/lukeafb/ AFWERX aids ‘Base of the Future,’ Space Challenge projects
https://www.luke.af.mil
and social media
AFWERX was recently approved to academia and non-traditional contribu- topic across the Defense Department to
take on two challenges by the U.S. Air tors to create transformative opportuni- improve all military bases.
Luke56thFW @LukeAFB
Force – Base of the Future and Space ties and innovation. They accomplish This effort is broken down into five focus
Date of publication Challenge. that mission by connecting diverse, inno- areas:
AFWERX serves the needs of the Air
• Base security and defense: Help us
First Friday Force by addressing tough challenges vative members from industry, academia protect the people and critical resources on
and government to create capabilities
of the month and providing solutions to the warfighter and prototype opportunities for the Air our Air Force bases by enhancing our secu-
quickly. AFWERX is a catalyst for agile Force. rity and strengthening perimeter defenses.
Submission deadline Air Force engagement across industry, Base of the Future • Installation resilience: Help us cre-
15th day of the month In 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base was ate robust and resilient Air Force bases that
prior to date of publication delivered a direct hit by Category 5 Hur- can withstand natural disasters and sup-
ply shortages with minimal loss of power,
ricane Michael, which wiped out nearly
Veterans 800 structures — roughly half of the structure and operations.
• Leveraging technology for opera-
buildings on base — causing billions of
Tell us Your Story dollars in damage. AFWERX has been tional effectiveness: Help us leverage ar-
Active-duty, Reserve, Retirees tasked with facilitating and resourcing tificial intelligence, additive manufacturing
All military branches are included ideas for the rebuild. Tyndall has been and machine learning to build an Air Force
base that becomes a leader in innovation.
Email name, phone number and a appropriated a military construction • Culture of innovation: Help us
brief description of your service to budget of $3 billion to rebuild as a Base strengthen and perpetuate a culture of in-
56fwpathunderbolt@us.af.mil of the Future. In addition, there are also
billions of dollars being spent on this See AfwErx, Page 9
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