U.S. Air Force Airman Leadership School students assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing carry out their Mission-Ready Airman exercise with base volunteers role-playing as friendly and armed simulated adversaries, May 2, 2025, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Students engaged in practical scenarios, including base security, clearing simulated armed enemy terrain, and navigating friendly and hostile civilian encounters. This hands-on training was vital in bridging classroom instruction to real-life scenarios, allowing ALS students to put their field skills into practice. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Belinda Guachun-Chichay)
Luke Air Force Base trains the world's greatest fighter pilots and combat-ready airmen. But behind the roar of F-35A LightningII’s and the precision of training operations lies another critical element of readiness: dental health.
Thanks to an ongoing partnership between the 56th Medical Group and Midwestern University’s College of Dental Medicine-Arizona, future military dentists are playing an active role in supporting that mission.
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZ. – “Mountains are not just one big rock, they are an accumulation of other rocks building each other up,” said Chief Master Sgt. Leray Smedley, 13th Combat Air Base Squadron senior enlisted leader. “That’s what I want other people to know when they see me. Everything I am is because of what others helped me to be.”
Smedley, a native of Elba, Alabama, always stood up for others, had a natural...
