Joint Base Langley–Eustis is a United States military facility located adjacent to

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and

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. The base is an amalgamation of the

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Langley Air Force Base Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Hampton, Virginia, adjacent to Newport News. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1 ...

and the

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's Fort Eustis which were merged on 1 October 2010. The base was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005

Base Realignment and Closure Commission Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end o ...

. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the two facilities which were nearby, but separate military installations, into a single Joint Base, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law. Unlike other joint bases that share common perimeters, the two components are geographically separated by 17 miles. In January 2010, the Air Force reactivated the 633rd Air Base Wing to assume host unit and installation support functions at each location.Joint Base Langley–Eustis Units
The installation assumed its full operational capability (FOC) in October 2010. The 633rd ABW commander is Col. Sean K. Tyler, wit
Chief Master Sgt. Kennon D. Arnold
as its command chief master sergeant. The 633rd ABW is responsible to Air Combat Command.

Langley Air Force Base

Langley Air Force Base is the first half of Joint Base Langley–Eustis and is home to JBLE's Air Force units. With the 633rd Air Base Wing as its host unit, this portion of the base is home to three Fighter Squadrons and one Fighter Training Squadron, as well as numerous intelligence units and other non-flying units. Langley also hosts the Headquarters of

Air Combat Command Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and i ...

(ACC). Langley is also home to the

F-22 Raptor Demo Team The F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team is a United States Air Force flight demonstration team stationed at the home of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia. The team flies the USAF's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor at airs ...

. This team, who travels all over the world performing different maneuvers used in air combat, is used to help recruit for the United States Air Force. Performing in

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and other special events all around the world, the squadron is the only demonstration team in the world to use the

F-22 Raptor The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is an American single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). As the result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, th ...

Fort Eustis

Fort Eustis, a historic Army installation and the second half of Joint Base Langley–Eustis, is an area to train service members in transportation, aviation maintenance, logistics and deployment doctrine with its diverse landscape and easy access to the James River. The installation is the training ground for the majority of the transportation

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s (with the exception of the 88M truck driver specialty located at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.) and all of the helicopter maintenance technicians. It is the home of the Transportation Regiment, and received the transfer of some activities that were conducted at

Fort Monroe Fort Monroe, managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service as the Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, is a former military installation in Hampton, Virgi ...

, which was decommissioned on September 15, 2011 under BRAC.Fort Eustis homepage - official site

Based units

Notable units based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Units marked GSU are

Geographically Separate Unit In the United States military a Geographically Separate Unit (GSU) is a base that is physically separate from, yet not autonomous of its "parent" base. GSUs are "owned" by their parent organization and are typically quite small. Assignment to a ...

s, which although based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

(ACC) * Headquarters Air Combat Command ** ACC Communications Support Squadron **

Fifteenth Air Force The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force ...

*** 633rd Air Base Wing (Host Unit) **** 633rd Air Base Wing Staff Agencies **** 633rd Comptroller Squadron **** 633rd Medical Group ***** 633rd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron ***** 633rd Dental Squadron ***** 633rd Healthcare Operations Squadron ***** 633rd Medical Support Squadron ***** 633rd Surgical Operations Squadron **** 633rd Mission Support Group ***** 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron ***** 633rd Communications Squadron ***** 633rd Contracting Squadron ***** 633rd Logistics Readiness Squadron ***** 633rd Force Support Squadron ***** 633rd Security Forces Squadron **** 733rd Mission Support Group ***** 733rd Civil Engineer Squadron ***** 733rd Force Support Squadron ***** 733rd Security Forces Squadron ***** 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron ***

1st Fighter Wing The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing. Its 1 ...

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1st Operations Group The 1st Operations Group (1 OG) is the flying component of the 1st Fighter Wing, assigned to the USAF Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The 1st Operations Group is the oldest major air combat unit in t ...

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27th Fighter Squadron The 27th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 27th is equipped with the F-22 Raptor. The 27th Fighter Squadron is the oldest active fighter squad ...

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94th Fighter Squadron The 94th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 94th is equipped with the F-22 Raptor. The 94 FS is one of the oldest units in the United States Ai ...

– F-22 Raptor *****

71st Fighter Training Squadron The 71st Fighter Generation Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force, and part of the 1st Operations Group of the 1st Fighter Wing. The 71st is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The squadron is equipped with the Nort ...

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T-38 Talon The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first, and the most produced, supersonic trainer. The T-38 remains in service in several air forces. The United States Air Force (USAF) operates the most ...

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- F-22 Raptor ***** 1st Operations Support Squadron **** 1st Maintenance Group ***** 27th Fighter Generation Squadron ***** 94th Fighter Generation Squadron ***** 1st Munitions Squadron ***** 1st Maintenance Squadron ***** 1st Equipment Maintenance Squadron ***** 1st Component Maintenance Squadron **

Sixteenth Air Force The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and ...

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363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing The 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (363 ISRW) is a United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Force Sixteenth Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The mission ...

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363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group The 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. It is assigned to the 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing. It was activated in Februar ...

***** 17th Intelligence Squadron ***** 36th Intelligence Squadron *****

20th Intelligence Squadron The 20th Intelligence Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It has served at Offutt since June 1992, when it was activated as ...

, Detachment 1 ***** 363rd Intelligence Support Squadron ***

480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (480th ISR Wing) is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Mission The 480th ISR Wing leads Air Force globally networked ISR operations. The wing operates and maintains th ...

**** 27th Intelligence Squadron ****

497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group The United States Air Force's 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is an intelligence unit located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. Mission The 497th Group delivers real-time high-confidence intelligence, surveil ...

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10th Intelligence Squadron The United States Air Force's 10th Intelligence Support Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 678th Bombardment Squadron, a United States Army ...

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30th Intelligence Squadron The 30th Intelligence Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia and operating Distributed Ground Station-1 in association with reserve and Virginia Air National Guard squadrons. The squadron ...

***** 45th Intelligence Squadron ***** 497th Operations Support Squadron *** 688th Cyberspace Wing ****

690th Cyberspace Operations Group The 690th Cyberspace Operations Group, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is a United States Air Force group operating the Cyber Security and Control System weapon system. The group was established 1 April 1991 as the 6900 Communications-Computer ...

***** 83rd Network Operations Squadron (GSU) * United States Air Force Warfare Center ** 505th Command and Control Wing *** 505th Test and Training Group **** 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Operating Location Alpha (GSU)

Air Education and Training Command Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is one of the nine Major Commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force. It was established 1 July 1993, with the realignment of Air Training ...

(AETC) *

Second Air Force The Second Air Force (2 AF; ''2d Air Force'' in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defende ...

** 82nd Training Wing *** 82nd Training Group **** 362nd Training Squadron, Detachment 1 (GSU)

Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command ( MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Co ...

(AFMC) * Air Force Sustainment Center ** 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing *** 735th Supply Chain Operations Group (GSU) **** 438th Supply Chain Operations Squadron **** 439th Supply Chain Operations Squadron **** 440th Supply Chain Operations Squadron **** 441st Vehicle Support Chain Operations Squadron

United States Air Force Band The United States Air Force Band is a U.S. military band consisting of 184 active-duty members of the United States Air Force. It is the Air Force's premier musical organization and is based at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.. Within t ...

* The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band

Air Force Reserve Command The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commis ...

(AFRC) *

Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Res ...

** 940th Air Refueling Wing *** 940th Operations Group **** 710th Combat Operations Squadron (GSU) *

Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswel ...

655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing The United States Air Force's 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (655 ISRW) is an intelligence unit stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Units The 655th ISR Wing is currently made up of: * 655th Intelligence ...

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755th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group The United States Air Force's 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (655 ISRW) is an intelligence unit stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Units The 655th ISR Wing is currently made up of: * 655th Intelligence ...

(GSU) **** 42nd Intelligence Squadron **** 63rd Intelligence Squadron ****

718th Intelligence Squadron The 718th Intelligence Squadron (718 IS) is a United States Air Force Reserve intelligence unit. It is assigned to the 755th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group and stationed at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. It was acti ...

** 960th Cyberspace Wing *** 860th Cyberspace Operations Group **** 51st Network Operations Squadron (GSU)

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...

(ANG) *

Virginia Air National Guard The Virginia Air National Guard (VA ANG) is the aerial militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America. It is, along with the Virginia Army National Guard, an element of the Virginia National Guard. As commonwealth militia uni ...

192nd Wing The 192nd Wing (192 WG), also referred to as the 192D Wing, is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard and the United States Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. If activated to federal service, the 192 WG is gained by ...

*** 192nd Operations Group ****

149th Fighter Squadron The 149th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard's 192d Fighter Wing located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 149th is the first Air National Guard fighter squadron to fly the F-22 Raptor. History World W ...

- F-22 Raptor **** 192nd Intelligence Squadron **** 185th Cyberspace Operations Squadron **** 192nd Operations Support Squadron *** 192nd Maintenance Group **** 192nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron **** 192nd Maintenance Squadron **** 192nd Maintenance Operations Flight *** 192nd Mission Support Group **** 192nd Support Squadron **** 192nd Security Forces Squadron *** 192nd Medical Group

Civil Air Patrol Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded mem ...

(CAP) * Mid-Atlantic Region **

Virginia Wing Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

*** Group 2 **** Langley Composite Squadron (MAR-VA-025) (GSU)

United States Army

United States Army Forces Command United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest United States Army command. It provides expeditionary, regionally engaged, campaign-capable land forces to combatant commanders. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, FORSCOM con ...

(FORSCOM) *

XVIII Airborne Corps The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world and is referred to as "America ...

** 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) (GSU) *** 10th Transportation Battalion *** 11th Transportation Battalion *** 53rd Movement Control Battalion Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) * 597th Transportation Brigade ** 832nd Transportation Battalion

United States Army Training and Doctrine Command The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is a major command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces and the development of operational doctrine. ...

(TRADOC) * Headquarters United States Army Training and Doctrine Command *

United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, formerly known as the Army Aviation Center and School, is the United States Army Aviation Branch's headquarters and training and development center, located at Fort Rucker, Alabama. It coordinates ...

** 128th Aviation Brigade (GSU) *** 210th Aviation Regiment *** 222nd Aviation Regiment

Department of Defense

Air Land Sea Application Center (ALSA)

United States Northern Command United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with providing military support for non-military authorities in the U.S., and protect ...

(USNORTHCOM) *

Joint Task Force – Civil Support Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) is a subordinate command of United States Northern Command headquartered at Fort Eustis. Its mission is to provide command and control for Department of Defense forces deployed in support of the National ...

(JTF-CS)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Langley Research Center The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia, United States of America, is the oldest of NASA's field centers. It directly borders Langley Air Force Base and the Back River on the Chesapeake Bay. LaRC has f ...

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