Luke AFB, Arizona, 1979 Tags: Luke Air Force Base View |
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Luke Air Force Base Airport codesLUFKLUFLUF is a United States Air Force base located seven miles (11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale (Glendale, Arizona), in Maricopa County (Maricopa County, Arizona), Arizona, United States. It is also about convert15mikm west of Phoenix, Arizona. The base is named after World War I Medal of Honor recipient and former Phoenix native, Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr. (Frank Luke) Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), training pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon (F-16).
Nativename: Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
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Image2: Maricopa County Incorporated and Planning areas LAFB location.svg
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Caption2: Location of LAFB in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Iata: LUF
Icao: KLUF
Faa: LUF
Type: Military: Air Force Base
Owner: U.S. Air Force
Birth Location: Glendale, Arizona
Built: 1941
Commander: Brig. Gen. Kurt F. Neubauer
Occupants: 56th Fighter Wing
Elevation-f: 1,085
Elevation-m: 331
Coordinates: Coord333206N1122259Wregion:US_type:airport
Website: www.luke.af.mil/
Number on List: 3L/21R
R1-length-f: 10,012
R1-length-m: 3,052
R1-surface: Asphalt
Number on List: 3R/21L
R2-length-f: 9,904
R2-length-m: 3,019
R2-surface: Concrete
Footnotes: Sources: official web site and FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)