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  • Giving back to those who served

    Two Airmen from the Desert Lightning Team shared the Washington D.C. experience with veterans from the Tucson community through Honor Flight Southern Arizona March 26-29. Twenty-seven veterans and guardians got to see The World War II, Vietnam, Lincoln, Korean, Women's and Air Force Memorials as

  • Medic shows courage after rocket attack

    Three weeks after arriving to her deployed location in Afghanistan, insurgents showered then-Tech. Sgt. Angela Blue's base with 80-millimeter mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire.During the attack, she received a radio request to report to the Afghan National Army side of the

  • D-M Chapel Holy Week Schedule 2013

                                 CHAPEL HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2013Date               Time               Event                                                 Location28 Mar             7pm                Holy Thursday Catholic Mass            Desert Dove Chapel29 Mar             3pm                Catholic

  • February 2013 Crime and Punishment

    Editor's note: Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals who received Nonjudicial Punishment are not identified.Article 15 Actions: During February 2013, D-M commanders

  • UofA Rugby puts mock "boots on the ground" with 55th RQS

    University of Arizona rugby team members participated in a mock deployment hosted by the 55th Rescue Squadron here March 15-16.The coach of the UofA rugby team, Dave Sitton, is the honorary commander for the 55th RQS. The two day event has become an annual community relations event hosted by the

  • 55th ECG excels in Red Flag 13-3

    Airmen from the 55th Electronic Combat Group here participated in Red Flag 13-3 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Feb. 25 - March 15.Red Flag 13-3 was a three-week joint and coalition exercise in which aircrews from all branches of the U.S. military, as well as several foreign militaries' air forces, train and

  • January 2013 Crime and Punishment

    Editor's note: Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals who received Nonjudicial Punishment are not identified.Article 15 Actions: During January 2013, D-M commanders

  • Special training for military parents

    Desert Lightning Team families attended the Specialized Training of Military Parents held at the Mirage Club March 14-15.The training was provided to educate parents on the services, both military and civilian, provided for children with disabilities."Basically the purpose of the training is to