LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — The 56th Fighter Wing’s F-35 training program graduated its 1,000th student, U.S. Air Force Capt. Audrey Wilson, on Aug. 3, 2023. The mission at the 56th FW is to train ...

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — The 56th Fighter Wing graduated the 2,000th F-35 Lightning II pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher “Blade” Jeffers, April 17, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This ...

B-Roll from F-35A Lightning II aircraft, August 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 56th Fighter Wing trains ...

B-Roll from F-35A Lightning II aircraft, August 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 56th Fighter Wing trains ...

(The Center Square) - U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, wants the Defense Department to reconsider changes at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix. During a June 4 hearing of the House Armed Service ...

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE —Air Force officials say one squadron of F-16 fighter jets at Luke Air Force Base will be retired by early next year as part of a planned base downsizing. The commander of the 56th ...

SELLS, Ariz. (AP) -- A Singapore Air Force F-16 plane that took off from Luke Air Force Base has gone missing during a routine training mission, the Singapore Defense Ministry said Thursday. Air Force ...

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., performs a strafing run during Haboob Havoc, April 24, 2024, over Barry M. Goldwater Range, Ariz. Haboob Havoc is a ...

Luke Air Force Base officials say a student pilot from Taiwan is feared dead after an F-16 fighter jet crashed in northwestern Arizona. They say crews were still looking for the man late Thursday ...

The jet was spotted above Rohnert Park the afternoon of March 25. Area residents said it was loud and left them startled. An Arizona-based fighter jet was on its way home last week after leaving a Bay ...