Luke AFB F-16, Phoenix Arizona poster art.

Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located seven miles (11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is also about 15 miles (24 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona.

Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), training pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On 31 March 2011 it was announced that the F-35 Lightning II would replace 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 host command at Luke is the 56th Fighter Wing (56 FW), under Air Education and Training Command’s 19th Air Force. The 56th FW is composed of four groups, 27 squadrons, including six training squadrons.