Posted on March 29, 2012 by Fighter Country
President and Executive Director Ron Sites reported that Fighter Country Partnership has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars in support of Luke Air Force Base in the past year. Sites made his report during the organization’s annual meeting Feb. 7 at the Renaissance Hotel in Glendale.
Fighter Country Partnership is the Valley’s leading community support and advocacy organization for Luke Air Force Base. FCP’s mission is to support the men, women and families of Luke and to protect its mission to train the world’s best fighter pilots, maintainers and support personnel.
Sites shared the program with FCP Chairman of the Board Charley Freericks, 56th Fighter Wing Commander Brig. Gen. J. D. Harris, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
Posted on March 1, 2012 by susan
Fighter Country Partnership’s (FCP) mission statement is to “support the men, women, families, and mission of Luke AFB”. As the Office Manager at Fighter Country Partnership, I would like to offer some insight from a spouse’s perspective on the “family” portion of that statement. I’m qualified to shed some insight on this topic as the wife of a retired Lieutenant Colonel, who spent his entire career in the Air Force flying the F-16. It goes without saying the active duty member works long hours (usually 10-12 hour days), but that means someone needs to be at home minding the store….
Posted on November 30, 2011 by Fighter Country
Community support at its finest! Turkeys for Troops is sponsored by the Litchfield Kiwanis.
Posted on August 25, 2011 by syamamori
Nothing but pride as we read this story from Luke’s website! See below for an update on our former Luke Commander! 8/12/2011 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – Fly .. Fight … Win: three words that define our focus, our duty and our purpose. For a fighter pilot, every sortie, every bomb or bullet on target and every minute of reconnaissance vividly represents those words. And each successive “mission complete” sharpens their commitment to get the job done. This is especially true for Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Tuskegee Airmen commander and former 56th Fighter Wing commander, who Aug. 1 notched…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by Fighter Country
by Capt. Gerardo Gonzalez 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 11/12/2010 – LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Sixty five new honorary commanders joined the 56th Fighter Wing after being inducted in a ceremony recently in Club Five Six, as part of a program designed to strengthen relationships between the base and local communities. The Luke AFB Honorary Commanders Program partners unit commanders and others in leadership positions with civilian business and community leaders from the Phoenix metropolitan area. During the two-year term, military commanders are encouraged to get to know their honoraries and invite them to their units for tours…
Posted on September 14, 2010 by Fighter Country
Ron Sites, a longtime volunteer and coordinator of YMCA military partnerships, takes over his new role as the executive director of Fighter Country Partnership, a support group for Luke Air Force Base. Sites replaces Steve Yamamori…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by Fighter Country
Ron Sites, a longtime volunteer and coordinator of YMCA’s military partnerships, will replace Steve Yamamori as the executive director of Fighter Country Partnership, a support group for Luke Air Force Base. The executive search team met with a number of candidates and selected Sites, the executive director of the Southwest Valley Regional YMCA. Sites will assume his new job on Sept. 11. “Ron’s connections to the West Valley communities, his recent experience as an honorary commander at Luke and his volunteer efforts with Fighter Country make him an excellent choice for our organization at this time,” said Charley Freericks, the…
Posted on July 27, 2010 by Fighter Country
Mayor Barrett and the City of Surprise donates $25,000 to Fighter Country Partnership. FCP CEO & Executive Director Steven Yamamori thanks the City of Surprise for supporting the men, women, families and mission of Luke Air Force Base through their generous contribution!
