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Joint Base Langley–Eustis (IATA: LFI/FAF [a], ICAO: KLFI/KFAF [b], FAA LID: LFI/FAF [c]) 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 headquarters of the Army Transportation Corps was at Fort Eustis until 2010 when it moved to Fort Lee, now Fort Gregg-Adams. In accordance with the 2005 BRAC legislation, the administration of Fort Eustis was passed to the 633d Air Base Wing (USAF). The 733d Mission Support Group manages the installation's garrison operations.
Prior to these changes, MTMCs transportation battalions varied in strength from 19 to 84 persons. During the following year MTMC reorganized into a single operating headquarters, split-based in Alexandria VA and Fort Eustis VA. The Command concurrently deactivated its Deployment Support Command and stood up its Operations Center in November 2001.
The Utility Rail Branch (URB) of the Fort Eustis Military Railway continues to operate today under the command of the 733RD Logistics Readiness Division (LRD), Joint-Base Langley Eustis. The Utility Rail Branch of the Fort Eustis Military Railroad joined Operation Lifesaver in 2010.
The Directorate has been located at Fort Eustis since 1950. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The technology base pioneered for the UH-60 Black Hawk and the AH-64 Apache was established by AATD in the late 60s and 70s, and much of technological advancements have been developed and applied since then.
Activated 15 August 1952 at Fort Eustis, Virginia Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Battalion Inactivated 14 June 1972 at Oakland Army Base, California Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam , Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz all located on the U.S. territory of Guam
The 128th Aviation Brigade is an aviation brigade of the United States Army under the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Eustis, Virginia.. The 128th Aviation Brigade, located at Fort Eustis, Va., provides U.S. Army Soldiers the training and education to repair and maintain some of the Army’s most effective combat helicopters used today.