Flying Training: Luke Air Force Base, Gunnery and Bombing Complex; SACR 51-1/15AF Sup 4 17 September 1962
March Air Force Base, CA: United States Air Force, Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force, 1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Three-hole punched. Format is 8 inches by 10.5 inches. 4 pages. Map. Printed on pink paper. Minor wear and soiling noted. This supplements SACR 51-1 of 18 September 1961. To provide a source of information for the description and location of the R-2301, R-2304, R-2305 Luke Air Force Base, Gunnery and Bombing Complex, Ranges 1 and 2 which are available for Fifteenth air Force/SAC visual bombing actual releases, and to disseminate the policies and procedures for the use of these ranges. This includes information on bomb run procedures. Special Instructions were also included. Luke Air Force Base (IATA: LUF, ICAO: KLUF, FAA LID: LUF) is a United States Air Force base located 7 miles (6.1 nmi; 11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is about 15 miles (13 nmi; 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.
4514th CCTS North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre 56-3917, about 1962. To MASDC 31 July 1979 as FE0567. Converted to QF-100F
By the end of 1957, ATC basing structure had changed considerably as the result of tactical commitments, decreased student load, and fund shortages. During 1958 ATC discontinued its Flying Training and Technical Training Air Force. As a result, Luke AFB was transferred to Tactical Air Command. This reassignment came about as the result of a USAF-directed study of the feasibility of putting combat crew training under the appropriate zone of interior operational commands.
With the transfer to TAC, the ATC 3600th FTW was re-designated as the 4510th Combat Crew Training Wing, and flying training at Luke was changed to the F-100 Super Sabre. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Fifteenth Air Force, March Air Force Base, Luke Air Force Base, SACR 51-1/15AF Sup 4, Military Training, Flight Training
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