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Luke’s main gate
by Senior Airman Jackson Jr., 56th Civil Engineer Squad- Courtesy photo
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In 1941 the base became fully operational with its main gate and bus depot located
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The construction schedule was de- RQWKHZHVWVLGHRI/LWFK¿HOG5RDG
signed to build 134 buildings within
In 1941, the land lease was approved 75 days with construction taking place and Weary Housing projects East of ing which housed base leaders. In 2001,
and construction began on Luke Air 24-hours-a-day. Eight months and 13 Litchfield Road, expanded the base to a the 56th FW commander and staff relo-
Force Base, which consisted of two days later, the base became fully opera- total of 2,975 acres.” cated to Bldg. 452, placing it a consider-
phases during the World War II era with tional with its main gate and bus depot able distance from the main gate.
three runways, a parking apron and a located on the West side of Litchfield The main gate to Luke operated with
drainage system for the flying field. Road. an in-bound and out-bound lane located See GATE, Page 19
on either side of the headquarters build-
The main construction goal of the The Army Air Corps Base inactivated
project was to turn the desert landscape in 1946 after the end of WWII. With the
into a fully functional air base with one start of the Korean War, the base was
entry point and a railroad spur to deliver reactivated in 1951, opening its main
material for construction. gate once again as a fully functional Air
Force Base.
“The original base layout was a tradi-
tional triangle crosswind runway config- “The base nearly doubled in size due to
uration and encompassed approximately runways being extended around 1951,”
1,440 acres,” said Tech. Sgt. Charles Jackson said. “The addition of Capehart
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