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The 56th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Ariz., is the largest fighter wing in the U.S. Air Force. The wing is part of Air Education and Training Command. The wing also oversees the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field and is steward of the 1.7 million acre Barry M. Goldwater Military Training Range. We train the world’s greatest The world’s premier fighter wing... fighter pilots and combat-ready advancing airpower to win tomorrow's Airmen! OGTH — FIGHTER WING ——— == WE TRAIN 75% OF THE WORLD'S F-35 PILOTS ©. Active: 5,280 T Reserve: 2.365 Civilian: 2,876 Luke Air Force Base is named for the WWI flying ace and Phoenix native Lieutenant Frank Luke Jr., the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor. Lieutenant Luke scored 18 aerial victories, 14 against German observation balloons, before being killed at the age of 21 on Sept. 29, 1918. THUNDERBOLT NATION ECONOMIC IMPACT F * ‘ ‘ Son rs Te Since 1941, Luke has graduated over 61,000 pilots 105 F-35 pilots annually LEADERSHIP 79 Intel specialists annually 98 F-35 maintainers annually 8 Medical lab technicians annually _ Wing Commander 16 Critical Care/Emergency Trauma Fellowship annually Brig. Gen. David J.Berkland 936 air Control Squadron personnel annually PARTNERS IN TRAINING Deputy Commander Col. Matthew R. Johnston Italy Netherlands Norway Command Chief a CMSgt. Jason Q. Shaffer “ Singapore Belgium Luke AFB Public Affairs 14185 W. Falcon St., Bldg 452 w Luke AFB, AZ 85309 Phone:(623) 856-6011 Email:56fw.pa@us.af.mil www.luke.af.mil 3 OSB