Luke Air Force Base

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Luke Air Force Base is a military airbase of the United States Air Force, which was named after the flying ace of the First World War and support of the Medal of Honor Frank Luke. The airport is located about eleven miles west of the city of Glendale, Arizona.

In Luke AFB, the Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) is stationed, are formed on the pilots on the General Dynamics F -16.

The F -16 Fighting Falcon training is laid in the coming years, according to Holloman since Luke 2014 second F -35 Lightning II training facility is.

Between 1957 and 1983, more than 2,000 members of the German air forces were trained on the patterns F- 84 and F -104 " Starfighter " on the Luke AFB.