. "We have a really good, close working relationship with our colleagues in the Air Force, and we are looking forward to the next few years of joint operations here," he said. Luke's relationship with the RAAF goes back a long way. Air Marshal Mark Binskin, soon to be the top Australian Defence Force officer, was stationed at Luke in the late '00s. Follow-on squadrons are scheduled to bring in additional partner countries including Italy, Norway, Turkey and the Netherlands. 