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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.
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 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.
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 Doctrine Command, the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School, the 7th Transportation Brigade, and Joint Task Force – Civil Support.
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]
On 1 August 1950, Continental Air Command organized the 2215th Combat Crew Training Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia and assigned it to Tactical Air Command (TAC). [1] The 2215th was organized to provide training on the Douglas B-26 Invader for crews headed for the Korean War. On 1 December 1950 TAC once more became a Major Command ...
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
The 710th Combat Operations Squadron is a reserve unit, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, where it has augmented the 610th Air Operations Center since its activation in March 2004. Its first predecessor was established in Alaska in 1952 as the 710th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and provided air defense radar coverage ...