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Photos by Tech. Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron prepare to move a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
chiller into the base fitness center, June 14, at Luke Air Force Base. By executing the construction as an in-house
troop-training project, the 56th CES will save the Air Force an estimated $1.2 million, making it the largest active
project of its kind in the Air Education and Training Command. In-house training projects enable the squadron to
provide valuable training and real-world construction experience for Airmen, while simultaneously completing
infrastructure upgrades that will enable the 56th Fighter Wing to meet its warfighting needs.

LEFT: Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, guide a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning chiller
toward the base fitness center, June 14, at Luke Air Force Base.

Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron level a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning chiller be-
fore moving it into the base fitness center, June 14, at Luke Air Force Base. By executing the construction as an
in-house troop-training project, the 56th CES will save the Air Force an estimated $1.2 million, making it the larg-
est active project of its kind in the Air Education and Training Command. The HVAC system upgrade coincides
with the 56th Fighter Wing’s effort to bolster partnerships and infrastructure by providing units with sufficient
resources, tools, equipment and facilities such as the fitness center.

Senior Airman Bradley Tucker, 56th Civil Engineer
Squadron electrical systems journeyman, connects a Hernandez seals an underground water pipe at the base
wire to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning com- fitness center, June 2, at Luke Air Force Base.
ponent at the base fitness center, June 22, at Luke Air
Airman Manolo Alvarado Hernandez, 56th Civil Engineer Force Base. The 56th CES provides technically sound LEFT: Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squad-
Squadron water and fuels system maintenance appren- combat engineers to build, sustain, and protect Luke ron pull wiring through a heating, ventilation, and air
tice, tightens a cap on an underground water pipe at the AFB’s $2 billion in infrastructure and $4.8 billion of air- A wheel loader assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron pushes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning chill- conditioning component at the base fitness center, June
base fitness center, June 2, at Luke Air Force Base. craft, through engineering. er into the base fitness center, June 14, at Luke Air Force Base. 22, at Luke Air Force Base.