Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Luke Air Force Base Luke Field
Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Located near: Glendale, Arizona
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 March 10, 2014.
Coordinates	33°32′06″N 112°22′59″W / 33.53500°N 112.38306°W / 33.53500; -112.38306 (Luke AFB)
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1940
In use	1941 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	56th Fighter Wing

Airfield information
Luke Air Force Base – 2006
IATA: LUF ICAO: KLUF FAA LID: LUF
Summary
Elevation AMSL	1,085 ft / 331 m
Coordinates	33°32′06″N 112°22′59″W / 33.53500°N 112.38306°W / 33.53500; -112.38306Coordinates: 33°32′06″N 112°22′59″W / 33.53500°N 112.38306°W / 33.53500; -112.38306
Website	www.luke.af.mil
Map
KLUF Location of Luke Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3L/21R 10,012 3,052 Asphalt 3R/21L 9,904 3,019 Concrete
Sources: official web site and FAA

Luke Air Force Base (IATA: LUF, ICAO: KLUF, FAA LID: LUF) is a United States Air Force base located seven miles (11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is also about 15 miles (24 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona.

Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), training pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On 31 March 2011 it was announced that the F-35 Lightning II would replace the F-16 as the primary training aircraft at Luke, although the date of deployment of the new aircraft to Luke and reorganization plans were not announced. On 16 July 2013, the Air Force announced that Luke AFB will house a total of 144 F-35A Lightning IIs.

It is a designated Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants.

Luke Air Force Base is an active-duty F-16 Fighting Falcon training base with 170 F-16s assigned. The host command at Luke is the 56th Fighter Wing (56 FW), under Air Education and Training Command's 19th Air Force.

The 56th FW is composed of four groups, 27 squadrons, including six training squadrons. There are several tenant units on base, including the 944th Fighter Wing, assigned to 10th Air Force and the Air Force Reserve. The 56th Fighter Wing also trains more than 700 maintenance technicians each year.