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Luke Air Force Base (IATA: LUF, ICAO: KLUF, FAA LID: LUF) is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. [2] It is located 7 miles (6.1 nmi ; 11 km ) west of the central business district of Glendale , and 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km) west of Phoenix .
Luke Air Force Base operates a military recreation area at Fort Tuthill. [5] The Fort Tuthill military history museum is also located on the site. The site of the fort was renovated in 2017 to restore its historic nature.
The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum can trace its history to 6 September 1961, when the Commemorative Air Force was founded. The non-profit organization was chartered as a nonprofit Texas corporation in Dallas. Its mission is to restore and preserve World War II-era combat aircraft.
89th Air Base Squadron/89th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; 4 December 1941–30 April 1944 3010th Army Air Forces Base Unit/3010th Air Force Base Unit; 1 May 1944–28 August 1948 Was: Williams Air Force Base (1947–1993) Now: Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport (IATA: AZA, ICAO: KIWA) Auxiliaries of Williams Air Force Base
The presentation was made to Frank Luke Sr., in Phoenix in May 1919. The family later donated the medal to the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio. The museum's small exhibit honoring Luke also contains his flying goggles, the gunsight from his last SPAD, documents written by Luke, and other personal items.
The 425th Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting advanced fighter training for Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16 pilots.
Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990) [4] Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995) [5] Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park) [6] [failed ...
September 30: Williams Air Force Base closes after 52 years of military service. RPTA adopts the name, Valley Metro, for the regional transit system. Phoenix and Mesa become the first two systems in the valley to agree to the name. [35] City wins the Carl Bertelsmann Prize, for the best run city government in the world. [8]