56th Operations Group

The 56th Operations Group, headquartered in Bldg. 997, has operational control and responsibility for the entire fighter training mission at Luke Air Force Base and two other geographic locations. The group is composed of an operations support squadron, a training squadron, an air control squadron, three fighter squadrons for the F-35 Lightning II, four fighter squadrons for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, one fighter squadron for the F-15C and a detachment.