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Langley Air Force Base (IATA: LFI, ICAO: KLFI, FAA LID: LFI) 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 1917.
The 27th Intelligence Squadron is an active squadron of the United States Air Force, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, part of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, near Hampton, Virginia. It is assigned to the 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group.
Langley Field (later Langley Air Force Base), Virginia, 20 December 1946; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, c. 2 April 1951 – 8 February 1958; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1 May 1992 – 31 December 1993; Al Kharj Air Base (later Prince Sultan Air Base), Saudi Arabia, 1 December 1998 – 25 August 2003
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1 September 1950 – 12 March 1951; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 2 April 1951 – 31 December 1993; Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, 1 December 1998 – 26 August 2003; Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, 1 June 2007 – 11 July 2011; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, 17 February 2015 – present [2]
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 squadron moved on paper to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia in June 1949. At Langley it became a corollary of the active duty 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group. [13] It was assigned advanced trainers and trained for supporting Army ground units providing aerial photography with these second-line aircraft for battlefield intelligence.
The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. The museum also features an IMAX digital theater [2] and offers summer aeronautic- and space-themed camps for children. [3]
The squadron was reactivated in the fall of 1977 at Langley Air Force Base, where it provided similar services to Tactical Air Command. [1] After two redesignations while inactive, the squadron returned to Langley in 1992 as the 30th Air Intelligence Squadron. It dropped the "Air" from its name in 1994. [1]