Langley Air Force Base (LFI/KLFI) (Hampton, Virginia)

USA / Virginia / Hampton / Hampton, Virginia
 air force base, headquarters, United States Air Force

www.langley.af.mil/
www.airnav.com/airport/KLFI

Established 30 December 1916. Designated in honor of Professor Samuel P. Langley, pioneer aeronautical engineer.

Langley AFB, Virginia - The First United States Air Force Base.
Home of the 1st Fighter Wing, the USAF's first operational F-22 Raptor Squadrons and Headquarters, Air Combat Command.

1st Fighter Wing
27th FS "Fighting Eagles" (F-22A)
71st FS "Ironmen" (F-15C)
94th FS "Hat-in-the-ring Gang" (F-15C)

Runway 8/26
Dimensions: 10000 x 150 ft. / 3048 x 46 m

Formerly home to the Headquarters General Headquarters Air Force from 1935-1941, the Headquarters 2nd Wing from 1919 to 1929, the Headquarters 2nd Bombardment Group from 1922 to 1941, the Headquarters 7th Observation Group from 1919 to 1921, the Headquarters 8th Pursuit Group from 1931 to 1940, the Headquarters 2nd Bombardment Wing from 1929 to 1941, the Headquarters 16th Bombardment Wing from 1940 to 1941, the Headquarters 22nd Bombardment Groups from 1940 to 1941, the Headquarters 36th Pursuit Group from 1941 to 1941, the Base Headquarters and 1st Air Base Squadron from 1936 to 1940, the 2nd Weather Squadron from 1936 to 1941, the 2nd Bombardment Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 3rd Observation Squadron from 1937 to 1941, the 6th Bombardment Squadron in 1940, the 10th Balloon Company from 1919 to 1921, the 10th Bombardment Squadron in 1940, the 11th Bombardment Squadron from 1922 to 1927, the 12th Bombardment Squadron in 1940, the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 19th Airship Squadron from 1919 to 1936, the 19th Bombardment Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 20th Bombardment Squadron from 1922 to 1941, the 21st Observation Squadron from 1936 to 1939, the 22nd Pursuit Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 23rd Pursuit Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 29th Bombardment Squadron 1940 to 1941, the 32nd Pursuit Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 33rd Bombardment Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 33rd Pursuit Squadron from 1932 to 1940, the 35th Pursuit Squadron from 1932 to 1940, the 35th Bombardment Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 36th Pursuit Squadron from 1932 to 1940, the 37th Bombardment Squadron from 1935 to 1938, the 37th Pursuit Squadron from 1932 to 1935, the 41st Reconnaissance Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the 49th Bombardment Squadron from 1928 to 1941, the 50th Observation Squadron from 1919 to 1927, the 52nd Attack Squadron in 1940, the 58th Service Squadron from 1923 to 1929, the 59th Service Squadron from 1923 to 1936, the 88 Aero Squadron from 1919 to 1921, the 96th Bombardment Squadron from 1922 to 1941, and the 10th Balloon Company from 1919 to 1921.
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Coordinates:   37°5'2"N   76°21'36"W

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