Langley Air Force Base is a

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base located in

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, adjacent to

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. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the entry of the United States into

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in April 1917. In October 2010, Langley Air Force Base was joined with

Fort Eustis Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation in Newport News, Virginia. In 2010, it was combined with nearby Langley Air Force Base to form Joint Base Langley–Eustis. The post is the home to the United States Army Training and Doctrin ...

to become

Joint Base Langley–Eustis Joint Base Langley–Eustis is a United States military facility located adjacent to Hampton and Newport News, Virginia. The base is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Langley Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort E ...

. The base was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005

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. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the two facilities which were nearby, but separate military installations, into a single

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, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law. On February 4, 2023, an F-22 Raptor took off from the base and shot down a Chinese balloon, marking the jet's first-ever combat air kill.

Overview

The Air Force mission at Langley is to sustain the ability for fast global deployment and air superiority for the United States or allied armed forces. The base is one of the oldest facilities of the Air Force, having been established on 30 December 1916, prior to America's entry to

by the

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, named for aviation pioneer

Samuel Pierpont Langley Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy a ...

. It was used during World War I as a flying field, balloon station, observers’ school, photography school, experimental engineering department, and for aerial coast defense. It is situated on 3,152 acres of land between the cities of Hampton (south), NASA LaRC (west), and the northwest and southwest branches of the Back River. "AirPower over Hampton Roads" is a recurring airshow held at Langley in the spring. Many demonstrations take place, including the

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Demonstration,

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, and

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demos. Because of the possibility of crashes of the F-22s and other aircraft stationed at the base, the City of Hampton has partnered with the Commonwealth of Virginia and United States Air Force to purchase privately owned property within the Clear Zone and Accident Potential Zones, without using eminent domain, to create a safety buffer zone around the base.

History

Langley Air Force Base, originally known as Langley Field, is named after

, an aerodynamic pioneer and a former Secretary of the

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. In 1887, Langley began aerodynamic experiments and formed a basis for practical pioneer aviation. In 1896, he built the first steam model airplane and the first gasoline model in 1903. Both planes were believed to be capable of flight. In 1903, he built the first man-carrying gasoline airplane, which failed to fly on its first attempt and broke apart and crashed on its second. In 1914, after major modifications, it was flown successfully by Glenn Curtiss for a little over three seconds, traveling 150 feet through the air. Langley Field was the first Air Service base built specifically for air power. It is the oldest continually active air force base in the world, and the oldest airfield in Virginia.

Origins

In 1916, the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics (NACA), predecessor to NASA, established the need for a joint airfield and proving ground for Army, Navy and NACA aircraft. NACA determined that the site must be near water for over-water flying, be flat and relatively clear for expansion and the landing and take-off of aircraft, and near an Army post. The Army appointed a board of officers who searched for a location. The officers sometimes posed as hunters and fishermen to avoid potential land speculation, which would arise if the government's interest in purchasing land was revealed. Fifteen locations were scouted, before a site near Hampton in

Elizabeth City County Elizabeth City County was a county in southeastern Virginia from 1634 until 1952 when it was merged into the city of Hampton. Originally created in 1634 as Elizabeth River Shire, it was one of eight shires created in the Virginia Colony by or ...

was selected.Langley AFB History Office
/ref> In 1917, the new proving ground was designated Langley Field for one of America's early air pioneers,

. Langley had first made tests with his manned heavier-than-air craft, launched from a houseboat catapult, in 1903. His first attempts failed. He died in 1906, shortly before a rebuilt version of his craft soared into the sky. Training units assigned to Langley Field:Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the First World War, Volume 3, Part 3, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1949 (1988 Reprint) * 5th Aviation School Squadron, June 1917 : Re-designated as 119th Aero Squadron, September 1917; Detachment No. 11, Air Service, Aircraft Production, July 1918 – May 1919 * 83d Aero Squadron (II), March 1918 : Re-designated as Squadron "A", July–November 1918 * 126th Aero Squadron (II) (Service), April 1918 : Re-designated as Squadron "B", July–November 1918 * 127th Aero Squadron (II) (Service), April 1918 : Re-designated as Squadron "C", July–November 1918 * Flying School Detachment (Consolidation of Squadrons A-C), November 1918-November 1919 Several buildings had been constructed on the field by late 1918. Aircraft on the ramp at that time included the

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"Jenny", used by Langley's School of Aerial Photography, and the de Havilland DH.4 bomber, both used during World War I. Although short-lived, hydrogen-filled

dirigibles An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air t ...

played an important role in Langley's early history and a portion of the base is still referred to as the LTA (lighter-than-air) area.

Inter-war years

In the early 1920s, Langley became the site where a new air power concept was tried and proven. Brig. Gen.

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who had a major role in the creation of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, ...

led bombing runs from Langley by the

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over captured German warships anchored off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. These first successful tests set the precedent for the airplane's new role of strategic bombardment. Throughout the 1930s Langley Field occupied a principal position in the Army's efforts to strengthen the offensive and defensive posture of its air arm. The small grassy field became a major airfield of the

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. Many of the base's brick buildings of today were constructed at that time.

World War II

At the outbreak of

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, Langley took on a new mission, to develop special detector equipment used in antisubmarine warfare. Langley units played a vital role in the sinking of enemy submarines off the United States coast during the war. The field was also used for training purposes.

Cold War

On 25 May 1946, during the beginning of the

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, the headquarters of the newly formed

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were established at Langley. The command's mission was to organize, train, equip and maintain combat-ready forces capable of rapid deployment to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air defense. The arrival of Tactical Air Command and jet aircraft marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the field, and in January 1948 Langley Field officially became Langley Air Force Base. In January 1976, the

1st Tactical 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 1s ...

was transferred to Langley from

MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assig ...

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with the mission of maintaining combat capability for rapid global deployment to conduct air superiority operations. To accomplish this mission, the 1st TFW was the first USAF operational wing to be equipped with the

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Post Cold War

On 1 June 1992, Langley became the headquarters of the newly formed

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, as Tactical Air Command was inactivated as part of the Air Force's restructuring. On 15 December 2005, the

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 ...

's 27th Fighter Squadron became the Air Force's first operational F-22 fighter squadron. The wing's complement of 40 F-22s, in the 27th and 94th FS reached Full Operational Capability on 12 December 2007. Langley Air Force Base was severely damaged by flooding due to the storm surge from

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in September 2003 and again during the November 2009 Mid-Atlantic nor'easter. Hurricane Isabel damages to Langley Air Force Base were approximately $147 million. The damages associated with the 2009 nor'easter were approximately $43 million. Resilience measures taken since 2003 include raising low-lying critical infrastructure, mandating a minimum elevation for new construction, construction of a 6 mile long sea wall and a groundwater pumping station. The site of Langley Air Force base, with an average elevation of 3 feet, has seen 14 inches of

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since 1930.

Reorganisation

On 1 October 2010, Langley Air Force Base was joined with

to become

Major units

To accomplish their mission, the support unit men and women of the 633d Air Base Wing at Langley are housed in the Mission Support Groups and Medical Group and support several tenant units: * The

is composed of the

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 i ...

and the 1st Maintenance Group, which work together to maintain Joint Base Langley–Eustis's F-22 Raptors. Operational squadrons of the 1st Operations Group are: (Tail Code: FF) :

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 squadr ...

(F-22 Raptor) :

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 Air ...

(F-22 Raptor) : 71st Fighter Training Squadron (T-38A Talon) *

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 t ...

: The 480th ISR Wing operates and maintains the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS, also known as the "Sentinel" weapon system, conducting imagery, cryptologic, and measurement and signatures intelligence activities. The Wing is composed of the following units worldwide: : 480th ISR Group,

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, Ga. : 497th ISR Group, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Va. : 548th ISR Group,

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, Calif. : 692d ISR Group,

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is Joint Base, an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl ...

, Hawaii : 693d ISR Group,

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, Germany : 694th ISR Group,

Osan Air Base Osan Air Base (K-55; ; Hanja: ) is a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base located near Songtan station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan C ...

, South Korea * 192d Fighter Wing (

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) : The 192d Fighter Wing mission is to fly and maintain the F-22 Raptor at Joint Base Langley–Eustis through the

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 War ...

, and support the ongoing intelligence mission through the 192d Intelligence Squadron. *

633d Air Base Wing The United States Air Force's 633rd Air Base Wing is the host organization for Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Its headquarters are at Langley Air Force Base. The unification of support for Langley and Fort Eustis was directed by the 200 ...

: The 633rd ABW is an Air Force-led mission support wing, serving both Air Force and Army units, as a result of a congressionally mandated joint-basing initiative between Langley and Eustis. Langley also hosts the

Air Force Command and Control Integration Center The Air Force Command and Control Integration Center was an Air Combat Command field operating agency responsible for innovating, designing, developing, integrating, and sustaining command and control capabilities. It was a tenant unit at Lang ...

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and Headquarters

(ACC). Langley is also home to the

F-22 Raptor Demo Team The F-22 Raptor Demonstration 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 airshows around ...

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

airshows An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are trade fair, exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without which they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The ...

and other special events, the squadron is the only demonstration team to use the F-22 Raptor.

Major commands to which assigned

, Jun 1917 *

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, 24 May 1918 : Re-designated: Army Air Corps, 2 Jul 1926 *

General Headquarters Air Force The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical ri ...

, 1 Mar 1935 * Northeastern Air District, 19 Oct 1940 : Re-designated 1st Air Force, 9 Apr 1941;

First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern & Air Forces Space; 1 AF-AFNORTH & AFSPACE) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission i ...

, 18 Sep 1942 *

Army Air Forces Training Command The United States Army Air Forces during World War II had major subordinate Commands below the Air Staff level. These Commands were organized along functional missions. One such Command was the Flying Training Command (FTC). It began as Air Cor ...

, 15 Sep 1944 * Army Airways Communications Service, 1 Dec 1945 *

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, 13 Mar 1946 *

1 May 1946 *

Continental Air Command Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. During the Korean War, ConAC provided the necessary aug ...

, 1 Dec 1948 * Tactical Air Command, 1 Dec 1950 *

, 1 June 1992 – PresentActive Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1989

Major historical units

Pre World War II

* HQ Langley Fld, inception - June 1917 * 119th Aero Squadron, 2 July 1917 Air Service (1920–1926);

(1926–1941) * 2nd Bombardment Group, 1 July 1922 - 29 October 1942 * Air Corps Technical School (Unknown Element) 26 May 1919 - 30 September 1921 *

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- 1 November 1920 - 15 July 1931 * Air Park Company #3, 1 October 1921 * 58th Service Squadron, January 1923 General Headquarters (GHQ), Air Force * Station Complement Langley Fld, 1 March 1935 * Base HQ and 1st Air Base Squadron, 1 September 1936 * First Air Base Gp (Reinf) 1 September 1940 World War II

* First Air Base Gp, 25 November 1941 * First Service Gp, 13 June 1942 * 111th AAF Base Unit, 10 April 1944

* 3539th AAF Base Unit, 10 September 1944 * 76th AAF Base Unit, 1 December 1945

* 304th AAF Base Unit, 30 April 1946 AAF Antisubmarine Command *

1st Search Attack Group First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

, 17 June 1942 – 10 April 1944 *

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, 15 January-6 June 1941 * 304th Bombardment Group, 29 October-30 December 1942 *

378th Bombardment Group 378th may refer to: * 378th Bombardment Group, inactive United States Army Air Forces unit * 378th Fighter Squadron, active United States Air Force unit * 378th Troop Carrier Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit See also * 378 (number) ...

, 13 October-14 December 1942 United States Air Force

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

, 15 August 1947 : 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RF-80) : 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RF-80) : 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RB-26)

4th Fighter Wing The 4th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, where it is also the host unit. The wing is one of two Air Forc ...

, 26 April 1949 (F-80, F-86) Tactical Air Command *

, 1 September 1950 : 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RB-26) *

47th Bombardment Wing The 47th Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force pilot training wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas. It is one of five pilot training units in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command which conducts ...

, 12 March 1951 (B-26, B-45) * 4430th Air Base Wing, 12 February 1952 * 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 May 1953 (B-26, B/RB-57, F-100) * 4505th Air Refueling Wing, 15 January 1958 (KB-29, KB-50) * 463d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1963 (C-130) * 316th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 January 1966 (C-130) *

48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 48th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates T-1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron is one of the oldest in the Air Force, being for ...

, 1953-1991

Military Airlift Command The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Established on 1 January 1966, MAC was the primary strategic airlift organization of ...

* 316th Tactical Airlift Wing 1975 (C-130)

, and later

, 15 April 1977 - Current (F-15A/B/C/D, F-22A) *

, 7 January 2010 - Current (Installation support)Endicott, Judy G., USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Office of Air Force History

References

External links

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