Joint Base Langley–Eustis

Joint Base Langley–Eustis (IATA: LFI, ICAO: KLFI, FAA LID: LFI) 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.

Joint Base Langley–Eustis
Newport News, Virginia in the United States of America
An aerial view showing the airfield element of Joint Base Langley–Eustis during 2011.
[Interactive fullscreen map] Locations of Fort Eustis and Langley AFB within the Hampton Roads area
JB Langley–Eustis Location in Virginia
Coordinates	37°04′58″N 076°21′38″W / 37.08278°N 76.36056°W / 37.08278; -76.36056 (Joint Base Langley–Eustis-AF)Coordinates: 37°04′58″N 076°21′38″W / 37.08278°N 76.36056°W / 37.08278; -76.36056 (Joint Base Langley–Eustis-AF) (Air Base) 37°09′33″N 076°34′30″W / 37.15917°N 76.57500°W / 37.15917; -76.57500 (Joint Base Langley–Eustis-Army) (Army Base)
Type	US military Joint Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Combat Command (ACC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.jble.af.mil
Site history
Built	1917 (as Langley Field and 1918 (as Camp Abraham Eustis)
In use	2010 (2010) – present (as Joint Base)
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Clinton A. Ross (USAF)
Garrison	633rd Air Base Wing (Host)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: LFI, ICAO: KLFI, FAA LID: LFI, WMO: 745980
Elevation	8 feet (2 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 10,002 feet (3,049 m) Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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. Sean K. Tyler, with 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

Main article: 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 (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

Main article: 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) Headquarters Air Combat Command ACC Communications Support Squadron Fifteenth 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 1st Operations Group 27th Fighter Squadron – F-22 Raptor 94th Fighter Squadron – F-22 Raptor 71st Fighter Training Squadron – T-38 Talon F-22 Raptor Demo Team - 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 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group 17th Intelligence Squadron 36th Intelligence Squadron 20th Intelligence Squadron, Detachment 1 363rd Intelligence Support Squadron 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing 27th Intelligence Squadron 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group 10th Intelligence Squadron 30th Intelligence Squadron 45th Intelligence Squadron 497th Operations Support Squadron 688th Cyberspace Wing 690th Cyberspace Operations Group 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 (AETC) Second Air Force 82nd Training Wing 82nd Training Group 362nd Training Squadron, Detachment 1 (GSU)

Air Force Materiel Command (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 Heritage of America Band Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Fourth Air Force 940th Air Refueling Wing 940th Operations Group 710th Combat Operations Squadron (GSU) Tenth Air Force 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing 755th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (GSU) 42nd Intelligence Squadron 63rd Intelligence Squadron 718th Intelligence Squadron 960th Cyberspace Wing 860th Cyberspace Operations Group 51st Network Operations Squadron (GSU) 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) XVIII Airborne Corps 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 (TRADOC) Headquarters United States Army Training and Doctrine Command United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence 128th Aviation Brigade (GSU) 210th Aviation Regiment 222nd Aviation Regiment United States Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 Department of Defense Air Land Sea Space Application Center (ALSSA) United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Joint Task Force – Civil Support (JTF-CS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center

References

  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 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
3. Public Affairs: Joint Base Langley-Eustis
4. Fort Eustis homepage - official site 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. (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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• Official website

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• FAA Terminal Procedures for LFI, effective April 20, 2023
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  • ASN accident history for LFI
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