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Langley Air Force Base

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Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located adjacent to Hampton and Newport News, Virginia. [1]

70 relations: Aerobatics, Air Combat Command, Air Corps Tactical School, Air Force Command and Control Integration Center, Air show, Air Transport Command, Airco DH.4, Airship, Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, Army Air Forces Training Command, Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, Back River (Virginia), Base Realignment and Closure, Beale Air Force Base, Billy Mitchell, Continental Air Command, Curtiss JN-4, Elizabeth City County, Virginia, F-22 Raptor Demo Team, Federal Aviation Administration, First Air Force, Fort Eustis, Fort Gordon, Hampton, Virginia, Hurricane Isabel, Joint base, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Langley Research Center, List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, MacDill Air Force Base, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Military Airlift Command, Newport News, Virginia, November 2009 nor'easter, Osan Air Base, Parachute, Ramstein Air Base, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Smithsonian Institution, Tactical Air Command, United States Air Force, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Service, United States Army World War I Flight Training, Virginia Air National Guard, Virginia World War II Army Airfields, World War I, 12th Reconnaissance Squadron, ..., 13th Air Expeditionary Group, 149th Fighter Squadron, 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 192nd Fighter Wing, 1st Fighter Wing, 1st Operations Group, 1st Provisional Air Brigade, 27th Fighter Squadron, 304th Bombardment Group, 316th Wing, 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, 365th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 378th Bombardment Group, 463d Airlift Group, 47th Flying Training Wing, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, 48th Flying Training Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, 633d Air Base Wing, 94th Fighter Squadron. Expand index (20 more) »

Aerobatics

Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.

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Air Combat Command

Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of ten Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.

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Air Corps Tactical School

The Air Corps Tactical School, also known as ACTS and "the Tactical School", was a military professional development school for officers of the United States Army Air Service and United States Army Air Corps, the first such school in the world.

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Air Force Command and Control Integration Center

The Air Force Command and Control Integration Center (AFC2IC) was an Air Combat Command (ACC) Field Operating Agency (FOA) responsible for innovating, designing, developing, integrating, and sustaining command and control (C2) capabilities.

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Air show

An air show, (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited.

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Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Airco DH.4

The Airco DH.4 was a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.

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Airship

An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power.

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Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was formed in the fall of 1942 to establish a single command to control antisubmarine warfare (ASW) activities of the Army Air Forces (AAF).

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Army Air Forces Training Command

The US Army Air Forces in WWII had major subordinate Commands below the Air Staff level.

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Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps

The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, was the aerial warfare service of the United States from 1914 to 1918, and a direct statutory ancestor of the United States Air Force.

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Back River (Virginia)

The Back River is an estuarine inlet of the Chesapeake Bay between the independent cities of Hampton and Poquoson in the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia.

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Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by planning the end of the Cold War realignment and closure of military installations.

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Beale Air Force Base

Beale Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California.

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Billy Mitchell

William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.

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Continental Air Command

Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.

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Curtiss JN-4

The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.

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Elizabeth City County, Virginia

Elizabeth City County was a county in southeastern Virginia from 1634 until 1952 when it was merged into the city of Hampton.

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F-22 Raptor Demo Team

The F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team is an American flight demonstration team stationed at the home of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is a national authority with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation.

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First Air Force

The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC).

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Fort Eustis

Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation near Newport News, Virginia.

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Fort Gordon

Fort Gordon, formerly known as Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established in October 1941.

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Hampton, Virginia

Hampton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel was the costliest, deadliest, and strongest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Joint base

A joint base (JB) is a base of the United States military utilized by multiple military services; one service hosts one or more other services as tenants on the base.

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Joint Base Langley–Eustis

Joint Base Langley–Eustis is a United States military facility located adjacent to Hampton and Newport News, Virginia.

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Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) is a United States military base adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Langley Research Center

Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley) located in Hampton, Virginia, United States, is the oldest of NASA's field centers.

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List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies

This is a list of Field Operating Agencies (FOA) in the United States Department of the Air Force that are active.

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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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MacDill Air Force Base

MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in all aspects of aerial combat.

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Military Airlift Command

The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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November 2009 nor'easter

The November 2009 nor'easter (also referred to as "Nor'Ida") was a powerful autumn nor'easter that caused widespread damage throughout the east coast of the United States.

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Osan Air Base

Osan Air Base (K-55; 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地), is a United States Air Force base located near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, south of Seoul.

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Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag (or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift).

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Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany.

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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and aviation pioneer.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America between 1926 and 1941.

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United States Army Air Service

The United States Army Air ServiceCraven and Cate Vol.

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United States Army World War I Flight Training

With the purchase of its first airplane, built and successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909 the United States Army began the training of flight personnel.

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Virginia Air National Guard

The Virginia Air National Guard (VA ANG) is the air force militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America.

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Virginia World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Virginia for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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12th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, and operates from Beale Air Force Base, California.

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13th Air Expeditionary Group

The 13th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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149th Fighter Squadron

The 149th Fighter Squadron (149 FS) is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard's 192d Fighter Wing located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia.

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18th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 18th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force.

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192nd Fighter Wing

The 192nd Fighter Wing (192 FW), also referred to as the 192D Fighter Wing, is a unit of the Virginia Air National Guard and the United States Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

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1st Fighter Wing

The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Ninth Air Force.

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1st Operations Group

The 1st Operations Group (1 OG) is the flying component of the 1st Fighter Wing, assigned to the USAF Air Combat Command.

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1st Provisional Air Brigade

The 1st Provisional Air Brigade was a temporary unit of the United States Army Air Service, commanded by Col.

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27th Fighter Squadron

The 27th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia.

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304th Bombardment Group

The 304th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Forces (AAF) unit.

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316th Wing

The 316th Wing (316 WG) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.

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363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing

The 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (363 ISRW) is a United States Air Force unit.

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365th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

The 1st Search Attack Group was a United States Army Air Forces unit that served during World War II.

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378th Bombardment Group

The 378th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit.

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463d Airlift Group

The United States Air Force's 463d Airlift Group was a theater airlift unit last stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

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47th Flying Training Wing

The 47th Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force pilot training wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas.

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480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing

The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (480th ISR Wing) is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

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48th Flying Training Squadron

The 48th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

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4th Fighter Wing

The 4th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Ninth Air Force.

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633d Air Base Wing

The United States Air Force's 633rd Air Base Wing is the host organization for Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

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94th Fighter Squadron

The 94th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_Air_Force_Base

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