LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Luke Air Force Base's 56th Fighter Wing conducted a change of mission ceremony May 21, formally including the F-35 Lightning II as part of the wing's new mission ...

Luke Air Force Base is named for the first aviator to be awarded the Medal of Honor – 2nd Lt Frank Luke Jr. Luke’s 56th Fighter Wing was first activated on January 15, 1941, as the 56th ...

56th Fighter Wing commander, in a written statement. Operations at the base have since resumed. Luke Air Force Base said Thursday that it would be conducting a routine active shooter training ...

Luke Air Force Base in Glendale held a change of command ceremony on July 13 as Brig. Gen. Brook Leonard took command of the 56th Fighter Wing from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus.

The full statement sent to 12News from Luke Air Force Base is below: “In accordance with the February 26, 2025, Department of ...

GLENDALE — Luke Air Force Base is feeling ... Meanwhile, a spokesman for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base said the host 355th Fighter Wing’s A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack squadrons are ...

It’s a regular threat that the 56th Fighter Wing, based at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona, which houses the largest fighter wing in the Air Force. A part of the Air Education and ...

An Air Force investigation into a photo of text messages that showed a Black airman at Luke Air Force Base ... The 56th Fighter Wing at the base initiated the investigation in May after a photo ...

Robin Rand, commander of Luke AFB's 56th Fighter Wing, in the pages of that same newspaper the following day: Luke Air Force Base was asked to respond to a letter writer's question about a ...

The 156° Gruppo (Squadron) at Luke AFB ... 35A assigned to the 6th Wing, the 156th Squadron “Linci” (Italian for “Lynxes”) was reactivated at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Luke AFB has ... 16 equipment at the base to prepare for additional F-35 operations. The 56th FW is the largest fighter wing in the world, and it serves as the U.S. Air Force’s “primary ...