Capt. Laura Mead, 944th Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight commander, donates blood Jan. 8 during the 944th Fighter Wing Blood Drive. More than 30 of Luke’s Citizen Airmen turned out to donate XX pints of blood. United Blood Services, a non-profit community blood center founded in Phoenix, Ariz. in 1943, provides blood and blood products to more than 500 hospitals across the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nestor Cruz)