By Eric Jay Toll for Arizona Builder’s Exchange
A total of six F-35 squadrons will train at Luke AFB. The move announced by the Pentagon last week means 72 additional F-35A Lightning II aircraft will be housed in Glendale. The doubling brings the aircraft total to 144—known as the L6 Scenario.
Despite the sequestration impact on federal construction dollars, Luke has been spared as it spends a grand total of more than $118M to house the fifth generation fighter (AZBEX, March 5).