The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force. It is the world's largest Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II wing and one of two...
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The 56th Operations Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, and the flying component of the 56th Fighter Wing. The group is the direct descendant...
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Rick (30 September 2021). "56th Fighter Wing and Luke Field/Air Force Base Heritage Pamphlet 1940-2021" (PDF). 56th Fighter Wing: 20–30. Griset, R. (2020)...
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the 56th Fighter Wing of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and if mobilized the wing is gained by AETC. The mission of the 944th Fighter Wing is...
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The 309th Fighter Squadron (309 FS) is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting...
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The 62d Fighter Squadron is part of the United States Air Force 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates the Lockheed Martin...
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group was part of the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona until October 2018 when it was transferred to the 49th Wing, the host unit of Holloman...
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The 607th Air Control Squadron (ACS) is a unit of the 56th Operations Group, 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. Its primary mission is...
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The 63d Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 56th Operations Group, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates...
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aircrew training devices for the 56th Fighter Wing. The squadron was activated at Hamilton Field, California as the 56th Pursuit Squadron on 15 January...
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Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. June 2014 – June 2016, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz. July 2016 – May 2017, Director, F-35 Integration...
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The 61st Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 56th Operations Group, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates...
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The 56th Rescue Squadron is part of the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy. The squadron was previously assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF...
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replaced the 473d Fighter Group with the 56th Fighter Wing, along with its 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, to Sawyer as the host unit. The 56th FW received...
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The 33rd Fighter Wing, sometimes written 33d Fighter Wing, (33 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command's Nineteenth...
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List of McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle operators (category 1970s United States fighter aircraft)
Expeditionary Wing (F-15E) 455th Air Expeditionary Wing – Bagram AB, Afghanistan (F-15E) Air Education and Training Command 56th Fighter Wing – Kingsley...
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Squadron". Aviano Air Base. 27 October 2019. "33rd Maintenance Group". 33rd Fighter Wing. 27 October 2019. "Cockpit inspection". Vance Air Force Base. 28 October...
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II operators (category 2000s United States fighter aircraft)
Fighter Wing – Eglin AFB, Florida 58th Fighter Squadron 60th Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Wing – Luke AFB, Arizona 61st Fighter Squadron 62d Fighter...
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358th Fighter Squadron and activated on 12 November 1942 Redesignated: 358th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 August 1943 Redesignated: 56th Reconnaissance...
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States Space Command. A fighter pilot, he has commanded the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, and 51st Fighter Wing. Leonard entered the Air...
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Gabby Gabreski (section 56th Fighter Group)
1943, Gabreski became part of the 56th Fighter Group, flying the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron, and quickly became a flight...
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Holloman Air Force Base (section Tactical Fighter Wing)
of the 56th Fighter Wing, out of Luke AFB, Arizona. Components: Operational Squadrons 8th Fighter Squadron, 4 August 2017 – present 311th Fighter Squadron...
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a result of the BRAC decision, the F-16 training mission and the 56th Fighter Wing were moved without personnel or equipment to Luke Air Force Base,...
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May 2020. "70th ISR Wing". Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber). US Air Force. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020. "56th Range Management Office"...
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commands include the 36th Fighter Squadron, USAF Weapons School, 8th Fighter Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq...
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associate unit of the active duty 325th Fighter Wing. The squadron was first activated as the 301st Fighter Squadron during World War II as part of the...
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the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting advanced fighter training...
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celebrates 75 Years; Luke Air Force Base homepage; by SSgt Marcy Copeland, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs; dated 16 November 2016, last accessed 22 July 2019...
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number of fighter escort wings and strategic fighter wings, intended to escort bombers to their targets. Among these units were the 56th Fighter Wing, 71st...
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The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force. Seventh Air Force...
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