Langley Air Force Base

Langley Air Force Base
Hampton, Virginia in United States
Langley Air Force Base as seen from over Chesapeake Bay
15km 10miles Langley Air Force Base Fort Eustis    Locations of Fort Eustis and Langley AFB within the Hampton Roads area
Langley AFB Location in Virginia
Coordinates	37°04′58″N 076°21′38″W / 37.08278°N 76.36056°W / 37.08278; -76.36056 (Langley AFB)
Type	U.S. Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Website	www.langley.af.mil
Site history
Built	1917 (1917) (as Langley Field)
In use	1917 – 2010 (2010)
Fate	Merged in 2010 to become an element of Joint Base Langley–Eustis
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: LFI, ICAO: KLFI, FAA LID: LFI, WMO: 745980
Elevation	2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 3,048.6 metres (10,002 ft) Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.^[2]

On 1 October 2010, Langley Air Force Base was joined with Fort Eustis to become Joint Base Langley–Eustis. The base was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the two facilities which were nearby, but separate military installations, into a single joint base, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law.

On February 4, 2023, an F-22 Raptor took off from the base and shot down a Chinese balloon, marking the jet's first-ever combat air kill.