Langley Air Force Base

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Langley Air Force Base
Langley AFB.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KLFI
IATA code LFI
Coordinates

37 ° 4 '58 "  N , 76 ° 21' 38"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 4 '58 "  N , 76 ° 21' 38"  W.
Height above MSL 3 m (10  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center Hampton
Street I-64 / VA 172
Start-and runway
08/26 3048 m × 46 m concrete

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The Langley Air Force Base is an air base of the United States Air Force near the town of Hampton in Virginia . It was named after the aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley .

history

Two F-22A approaching Langley AFB

In 1916, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of today's US space agency NASA , wanted to establish a base for cooperation with the United States Navy and the United States Army . Ultimately, an area three kilometers north of Hampton was chosen and named Langley Field the following year . Aircraft of the types Curtiss JN-4 and Airco DH4 , which were also used in the First World War , were stationed there . Following the war, German warships were sunk from Langley Field for training and test purposes, which had fallen to the USA as spoils of war.

In 1946 the Tactical Air Command was based on the base. As more combat aircraft came to the base in this context, it was renamed Langley Air Force Base in 1948 . Until it was deactivated in 1992, Langley planned and carried out operations such as close air support in the Vietnam War and the Second Gulf War . In 1992 the headquarters of the Air Combat Command was established in Langley.

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Program recommended an expansion of the base.

Seasons

Today the 1st Fighter Wing is stationed at Langley Air Force Base . The squadron flies the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle . The 480th Intelligence Wing also operates from Langley AFB.

Web links

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