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Joint Base Langley–Eustis 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 base was established in accordance with congressional le…
Joint Base Langley–Eustis 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 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.
  • Owner: Department of Defense
  • Built: 1917 (as Langley Field and 1918 (as Camp Abraham Eustis)
  • Elevation: 8 feet (2 m) AMSL
  • Coordinates: (Air Base) · (Army Base)
  • Operator: US Air Force
  • Controlled by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
  • Condition: Operational
Data from: en.wikipedia.org