Luke AFB selected for F-35A pilot training
It's official, the F-35 is coming to Luke. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley announced today that Luke AFB has been chosen as the location of the Air Force's F-35A Lightning II pilot training center....
View Article56th Fighter Wing change of command scheduled for Sept. 12
MEDIA ADVISORY Brig. Gen. Jerry D. Harris Jr., 56th Fighter Wing commander, will relinquish command to Brig. Gen. Michael D. Rothstein during a ceremony here Sept. 12. Rothstein, an F-16 command...
View ArticleLuke AFB to conduct exercise Thursday
The 56th Fighter Wing will conduct a base-wide Emergency Management Exercise here on Thursday, Sept. 27. Community residents and visitors to the base should expect traffic disruptions, possible gate...
View ArticleLuke Cancels Air Show
Today Luke AFB officials regretfully announce that Luke's 2013 Open House and Air Show, "Storm on the Horizon," originally scheduled for Mar 16-17, is canceled. "While I value the importance of this...
View ArticleLuke F-16 crashes, both pilots safely eject
An F-16 fighter jet with the 309th Fighter Squadron crashed here shortly before 7 p.m. in a field just west of the base. There were two pilots on board. Both safely ejected and have been recovered....
View ArticleAdditional F-35s coming to Luke AFB
The Air Force announced today that Luke AFB has been chosen as the location for 72 additional F-35A Lightning II aircraft, bringing the eventual total number of the fifth-generation fighters expected...
View ArticleLUKE AFB TO HOST FAMILY HEALTH EXPO/CAR SHOW
Luke Air Force Base's 56th Medical Group will host "Tune-Up for Health," a combination family health expo and classic car show at Club Five Six 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1. There will be show cars,...
View ArticleLUKE AFB TO HONOR LONGEST-SERVING CIVIL SERVANT
Luke Air Force Base's 56th Comptroller Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Mrs. Dorothy Rowe, who is concluding a 70+ year career as the longest-serving civil servant in the Air Force and the...
View ArticleF-16D Fighting Falcon, T/N 88-0165 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMPLETE
Air Force officials announced the results of an F-16D accident investigation today. The investigation into the June 26, 2013, F-16D Fighting Falcon mishap at Luke AFB, Ariz., determined the mishap was...
View ArticleINCREASED AIR ACTIVITY DEC 3-15
Luke Air Force Base will host Forging Sabre, an exercise involving the 425th Fighter Squadron, 428th Fighter Squadron from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and members of the Republic of Singapore armed...
View ArticleUSAF THUNDERBIRDS TO HEADLINE LUKE AFB OPEN HOUSE MARCH 15-16
Luke AFB will host "Luke Days 2014," an open house and air show, March 15-16, 2014. The U.S. Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, will headline the weekend's activities with...
View ArticleF-35B AIRCRAFT EXPECTED TO VISIT LUKE AFB DEC. 10
F-35B aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma are expected to be flying at Luke AFB from approximately 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Senior defense officials from Singapore are visiting...
View ArticleAIR FORCE STARTS NEGOTIATION PROCESS FOR SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT AT LUKE AIR...
The Air Force entered into exclusive negotiations with Arizona Public Service (APS) to lease real property at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., for a solar generation project as part of the base's proposed...
View ArticleOPEN HOUSE AND AIR SHOW AROUND THE CORNER
Luke Air Force Base's Open House and Air Show, "Lightning in the Desert," is March 15 and 16 and full details are now available on the event website,...
View ArticleARIZONA CARDINALS' LARRY FITZGERALD TO FLY WITH THUNDERBIRDS
Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is scheduled to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Thursday at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale. The flight is part of the festivities...
View ArticleLUKE AFB TO HOST F-35 LIGHTNING II UNVEILING CEREMONY MARCH 14
Media are invited to attend an unveiling ceremony for the base's first F-35A Lightning II at 11 a.m. March 14. The event will be hosted by Eric Fanning, the Undersecretary of the Air Force, and Gen....
View ArticleF-35 FLIES FIRST LOCAL TRAINING SORTIE AT LUKE
An F-35 Lightning II took to the skies over the West Valley on May 5 in what was the first local training sortie for the fifth-generation fighter jet. The jet, tail number LF 5031, is currently the...
View Article"SALUTE TO THE TROOPS" CONCERT JUNE 19 AT LUKE AIR FORCE BASE
Country-music artists Jerrod Niemann, The Swon Brothers and Laura Walsh are scheduled perform at "A Salute to the Troops," a concert on Luke Air Force Base June 19. The event runs from...
View Article56TH FIGHTER WING CHANGE OF COMMAND SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20
Brig. Gen. Michael D. Rothstein, 56th Fighter Wing commander, will relinquish command to Brig. Gen. Scott L. Pleus during a ceremony here June 20. Pleus, an F-16 command pilot who commissioned in the...
View ArticleLUKE AFB LEASES LAND TO ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE FOR NEW SOLAR POWER PLANT
Luke Air Force Base and the state's largest electric utility provider, Arizona Public Service, have partnered on a new solar power plant to be built on 100 acres of land located on the base....
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