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                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Luke brings                Luke hosts annual Thunderbolt Cup …
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       cheer                                                                    First Lt. William East-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       through                                                                  wood, 310th Fighter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Squadron, squats dur-
                                               (A) Go ask your mother.                                                                                                                                                 Holiday                                                                  ing the Trojan Warrior
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Magic …                                                                  Workout at the Fourth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Annual Thunderbolt Cup,
                                               (B) Because I said so.                                                                                                                                                  A child enjoys the                                                       Nov. 27, 2019, at Luke Air
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Force Base. Airmen who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       snow during the an-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       nual Holiday Magic                                                       participated in the Trojan
                                               (C) We’ll see.                                                                                                                                                          event Dec. 6, 2019, at                                                   Warrior Workout com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                peted in a series of exer-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Fowler Park on Luke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Air Force Base. Holi-                                                    cises for the fastest time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       day Magic is an an-                                                      The Thunderbolt Cup
                                               There are no perfect answers in parenting.                                                                                                                              nual event designed                                                      is designed to promote
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       to bring cheer to Luke                                                   esprit de corps among
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       families and features                                                    the more than 6,900
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       activities such as mu-                                                   active-duty and Reserve
                                                                                                                         AdoptUSKids.org                                                                               sic, carnival rides, real                                                Airmen, and civilians at
                                                                                                                                                                                                Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder snow and games.                           Airman 1st Class Leala Marquez Luke.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             308th FS F-35A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             soar in sky …


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             An F-35A Lightning II taxis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             on the flightline while anoth-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             er F-35 lands Nov. 6, 2019,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             at Luke Air Force Base. As
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             of Oct. 28, 2019, the F-35s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             assigned to Luke Air Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Base have flown more than
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             35,000 sorties. The F-35 has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             a wingspan of 35 feet, length
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             of 51 feet and a height of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             14 feet with an internal fuel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             capacity of 18,498 pounds.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Since 1941, Luke has been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             building the future of airpow-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             er by graduating more than
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Airman Brooke Moeder 61,000 pilots.



                                                                                                                                                                       Airmen represent at Cardinals Game …







































                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tech. Sgt. Jensen Stidham
                                                                                                                                                                       Airmen assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, alongside U.S. Army and recruits, help unfurl an American flag before the national anthem at the Arizona Cardinals Salute to
                                                                                                                                                                       Service football game, Dec. 1, 2019, in Glendale. More than 70 Airmen from Luke Air Force Base and other bases participated in events during the game.
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