Joint Base Langley–Eustis

US military joint service installation near Hampton, Virginia, United States

Joint Base Langley–Eustis
Newport News, Virginia in the United States of America
An aerial view of the airfield of Joint Base Langley–Eustis in 2011
Aerial view of the airfield of Joint Base Langley–Eustis in 2011
TypeU.S. military Joint Base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force
Controlled byAir Combat Command (ACC)
ConditionOperational
Websitewww.jble.af.mil
Site history
Built1917 (as Langley Field and 1918 (as Camp Abraham Eustis)
In use2010 (2010) – present (as Joint Base)
Garrison information
Current
commander		Colonel Clinton A. Ross (USAF)
Garrison633rd Air Base Wing (Host)
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: LFI/FAF, ICAO: KLFI/KFAF, FAA LID: LFI/FAF, WMO: 745980
Elevation8 feet (2 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08/26 10,002 feet (3,049 m) Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Joint Base Langley–Eustis (IATA: LFI/FAF[a], ICAO: KLFI/KFAF[b], FAA LID: LFI/FAF[c]) 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 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. 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.[2] The installation assumed its full operational capability (FOC) in October 2010.[3] The 633rd ABW commander is Col Gregory Beaulieu, and Chief Master Sgt. Kennon D. Arnold is 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, one fighter training squadron, and several intelligence units and other non-flying units.

Langley also hosts the Headquarters of Air Combat Command (ACC).

Langley is also home to the F-22 Raptor Demo Team. 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 airshows and other special events all around the world, the squadron is the only demonstration team in the world to use the F-22 Raptor.

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 MOSs (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, which was decommissioned on September 15, 2011 under BRAC.[4]

Based units

Notable units based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

Air Combat Command (ACC)

Air Education and Training Command (AETC)


Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)

United States Air Force Band

  • The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

Air National Guard (ANG)

  • Virginia Air National Guard
    • 192nd Wing
      • 192nd Operations Group
        • 149th Fighter Squadron - 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 (CAP)

  • Mid-Atlantic Region
    • Virginia Wing
      • Group 2
        • Langley Composite Squadron (MAR-VA-025) (GSU)

United States Army

United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)

  • 597th Transportation Brigade
    • 832nd Transportation Battalion

United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

United States Coast Guard

Department of Defense

Air Land Sea Space Application Center (ALSSA)

United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Langley Research Center

Notes

  1. ^ The IATA code for Langley AFB is LFI, the IATA code for Felker AAF is FAF.
  2. ^ The ICAO code for Langley AFB is KLFI, the ICAO code for Felker AAF is KFAF.
  3. ^ The FAA code for Langley AFB is LFI, the FAA code for Felker AAF is FAF.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – Langley AFB (KLFI)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ Joint Base Langley–Eustis Units Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Public Affairs: Joint Base Langley-Eustis
  4. ^ Fort Eustis homepage - official site Archived 2007-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Langley AFB". www.jble.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Ft. Eustis". www.jble.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ "1st Fighter Wing". www.jble.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ "480th ISR Wing". www.16af.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ "633rd ABW". www.jble.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. ^ "363d ISR Wing". www.16af.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ Hyatt, Anthony (3 February 2022). "15th Intelligence Squadron inactivates, 20th IS Detachment 1 activates to provide specialized analysis and SIGINT capabilities". DVIDS. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  12. ^ "605th Test and Evaluation Squadron". www.505ccw.acc.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  13. ^ "The 362nd TRS, Det 1: The Air Force". www.jble.af.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  14. ^ "U.S. Air Force Bands". www.music.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Wing Fact Sheet 655th ISRW" (PDF). 10 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  16. ^ "710th Combat Operations Squadron". www.10af.afrc.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Units". www.960cyber.afrc.af.mi. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  18. ^ Tinsley, Ceaira. "1st Fighter Wing activates the 27th and 94th Fighter Generation Squadrons". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  19. ^ Lewis, Elaine. "ACC CSS holds redesignation, inactivation, change of command". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  20. ^ "635th Supply Chain Operations Wing". www.scott.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  21. ^ "192nd Wing". 192nd Wing. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  22. ^ "192nd Operations Group". www.192wg.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  23. ^ "192nd Maintenance Group". www.192wg.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  24. ^ "192nd Mission Support Group". www.192wg.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Langley Composite Squadron". Langley Composite Squadron. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  26. ^ "Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center > About Us". www.alsa.mil. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  27. ^ "Langley Research Center". www.nasa.gov. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

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  • FAA Terminal Procedures for LFI, effective April 18, 2024
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    • FAA airport information for LFI
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