Luke Field/Air Force Base and 56th Fighter Wing Heritage Pamphlet ...

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1 July 1995 LANTIRN confidence check area used to calibrate avionics prior
to flying to range for mission moved to west to accommodate
Mountain Vista Ranch and Sun City Grande.
13 July 1995 Arizona Senate Bill 1062 became law and required sellers of
dwellings in high noise zones around military airports to disclose
that fact to potential buyers.
24 August 1995 City of Glendale annexed Luke AFB as part of efforts to protect
base from encroachment.
9 September 1995 Members of 56th Medical Group provided medical assistance for
victims of AMTRAK train derailment west of Luke.
1 October 1995 Intricate chain of command caused reassignment of Mission
Ready Technician Program to 82d Training Wing, Sheppard
AFB, Texas. Program became tenant at Luke.
1 December 1995 311th Fighter Squadron inactivated. Its foreign training mission
and most its jets transferred to 162d Fighter Group (Air National
Guard) in Tucson.
22 March 1996 1995 Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study
released and delineated smaller noise print than previous studies.
1 May 1996 House Bill 2355 became law and required state real estate
department to prepare noise maps allowing potential home
buyers to determine if prospective dwellings located in high noise
areas.
16 May 1996 Last Peace Carvin II F-16A/B jets left Luke as part of plan to
upgrade program to Block 42 F-16C/D jets.
25 June 1996 Terrorist attack on facility in Saudi Arabia killed 19 Americans
and injured 250 more. Among injured were three men from
56th Fighter Wing.
8 August 1996 21st Fighter Squadron activated to conduct F-16 training for
Taiwan AF.
11 September 1996 President Bill Clinton visited Luke during area stop. Was first
such visit since 14 November 1974 when President Gerald Ford
visited base to preside over acceptance ceremony for first F-15.