Editing Luke Air Force Base (section)

{{Short description|US Air Force base in Arizona}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Luke Air Force Base
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| location = [[Glendale, AZ|Glendale]], [[Arizona]]
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| country = the [[United States|United States of America]]
| image = File:F-35s new home (16122656366).jpg
| alt = The 56th Operations Group flagship F-16 Fighting Falcon (84-1297) welcomes Luke Air Force Base's first F-35 Lightning II (11-5030) to the base 10 March 2014.
| caption = The [[56th Operations Group]] flagship [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] (84-1297) welcomes Luke Air Force Base's first [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]] (11-5030) to the base on 10 March 2014.
| image2 = [[File:Air Education and Training Command.svg|100px]]
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| type = US Air Force base
| coordinates = {{coord|33|32|06|N|112|22|59|W|display=inline,title}}
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| pushpin_label = Luke AFB
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| ownership = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
| operator = [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]]
| controlledby = [[Air Education and Training Command]] (AETC)
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| built = {{Start date|1941}} (as Luke Field)
| used = 1941 – present<!--{{End date|1946}} -->
| builder = [[Del E. Webb Construction Company]]
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| garrison = *[[56th Fighter Wing]] (host)
* [[944th Fighter Wing]]
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| website = [https://www.luke.af.mil/ www.luke.af.mil]
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| IATA = LUF
| ICAO = KLUF
| FAA = LUF
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| WMO = 722785
| elevation = {{cvt|1085|ft|order=flip}}
| r1-number = 03L/21R
| r1-length = {{cvt|10012|ft|order=flip}}
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]]
| r2-number = 03R/21L
| r2-length = {{cvt|9904|ft|order=flip}}
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| footnotes = '''Source:''' [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adip.faa.gov/agis/public/#/airportData/LUF|title=Airport Data – (LUF) Luke AFB|date=8 October 2020|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
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'''Luke Air Force Base''' {{Airport codes|LUF|KLUF|LUF}} is a [[United States Air Force]] base in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], United States.<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=LUF|use=PR|own=MA|site=00692.25*A}}, effective 20 December 2007</ref> It is located {{convert|7|mi|nmi km|lk=on}} west of the [[central business district]] of [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]], and {{convert|15|mi|nmi km}} west of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].

Luke AFB is a major training base of the [[Air Education and Training Command]] (AETC), training pilots in the [[F-16|F-16 Fighting Falcon]]. On 31 March 2011, the [[F-35 Lightning II]] was announced to be replacing the F-16 as the primary training aircraft at Luke, although the date of deployment of the new aircraft to Luke and reorganization plans were not announced. On 16 July 2013, the Air Force announced that Luke AFB will house a total of 144 F-35A Lightning IIs. The first F-35A Lightning II arrived to the base on March 10, 2014.<ref>[https://www.af.mil/News/story/id/123356004/ Additional F-35s coming to Luke AFB] – Af.mil, 16 July 2013</ref><ref name=":0">Griset, R. (2020). ''Luke Air Force Base''. Arcadia Publishing.</ref>

It is a designated [[superfund site]] due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants.