Luke AFB 312th FS Scorpions Art
Luke AFB 312th FS Scorpions Art
The 312th Fighter Squadron is an active U.S. Air Force unit stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It currently operates as an F-35A Lightning II training squadron, primarily responsible for training pilots for the Belgian Air Component. Originally activated in July 1942 during World War II, the squadron served as a fighter replacement training unit flying P-39 Airacobras, later transitioning to P-47 Thunderbolts and some P-40 Warhawks, before being disbanded in 1944 as part of an Army Air Forces training reorganization.
The unit was reconstituted in 1984 at Luke AFB as the 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, becoming the USAF’s first F-16C replacement training squadron, operating Block 25 and Block 42 F-16s until its inactivation in January 1991. After more than 30 years inactive, the squadron was redesignated and reactivated in June 2023, returning to Luke AFB to support modern fifth-generation fighter training.
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Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. 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. The majority of Luke AFB is in the Glendale city limits. 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, 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 at the base on March 10, 2014.Â
Luke Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Frank Luke (1897–1918). Lt Luke is a posthumous Medal of Honor recipient and the number-two United States flying ace in World War I. Born in Phoenix in 1897, the “Arizona Balloon Buster” scored 18 aerial victories during World War I (14 of these German observation balloons) in the skies over France. Lieutenant Luke was shot down at Murvaux between Verdun and Stenay, France, on 29 September 1918, after he had destroyed three enemy balloons. Surviving the crash of his SPAD S.XIII, Lieutenant Luke drew two pistols and fired on German soldiers, killing several of them before he was killed. Check out this stunning Luke AFB 312th FS Scorpions Art by Squadron Posters!
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