Luke Air Force Base
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Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located 7 miles west of the central business district of Glendale, and 15 miles west of Phoenix.
The 56th Operations Group flagship F-16 Fighting Falcon (84-1297) welcomes Luke Air Force Base's first F-35 Lightning II (11-5030) to the base on 10 March 2014.
Second Lieutenant Frank Luke Jr.
Three F-84Cs from the 3600th Flying Training Wing, flying over the Arizona desert
4514th CCTS North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre 56–3917, about 1962. To MASDC 31 July 1979 as FE0567. Converted to QF-100F.
56th Fighter Wing
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The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force. It is the world's largest Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II wing and one of two Air Force F-35 training locations. Additionally,
Luke Air Force Base
…1991, the Base Realignment and Closure commission ordered that all flightline activities cease at MacDill AFB by 1993. The host unit at MacDill AFB, the 56th Fighter Wing, moved its F-16 training to Luke AFB, and Luke became an exclusive F-16 Fighting Falcon training base. The F-15s were reassigned to Seymour Johnson…
F-16 Fighting Falcon with the wing's first F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed F-80
North American F-86F Sabre jet
62d FIS F-101B