A visit to Arizona's Luke Air Force Base located in Glendale, Arizona. Their mission: Train the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and maintainers, while deploying mission ready warfighters. The base is named after World War I Medal of Honor recipient and former Phoenix native, Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr. Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), training pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This is a bi-annual event bringing aircraft from all parts of the world for static displays and in-flight demonstration.
US Air Force E3B AWACS 552d Air Control Wing
C17A Globemaster III Transport
C17A Specifications
Inside the C17A
Upper Control Arms Protrude from Fuselage When Landing Gear is Extended
KC135 Stratotanker
B1B Bomber Lancer
B1B Bomber Engines with Afterburners
Deer Valley War Birds
Boeing B52H Stratofortress
Boeing B52H Specifications
Platinum Silicide Forward Looking Infrared and High Resolution, Low Light Television Sensors
One of Eight TurboFan Engines
My Other Plane is a Cessna
Older Analog Technology Includes many Cabling Systems
69th Bomb Squadron from North Dakota
Jet Fuel Starter Used in Starting the B52H
C-130 Hercules
A-10 Thunderbolt II
F16 Fighting Falcon
One of the Black Widow F16's from Singapore
Panavia Tornado Fighter - German Luftwaffe
Two Turbo-Union RB199-34 MK 103 TurboFans
Boeing F/A 18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter
Bridgeport Lycoming Engine
McDonald Douglas F4 Phantom II Tactical Fighter-Bomber