Joint Base Langley-Eustis
2017
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Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) has served for over 100 years as a cornerstone of American military aviation. The base has served as a flight test center for US Navy seaplanes and observation/spotter aircraft, as well as the ill-fated Roma airship. Additionally, JBLE was one of the first US Air Force (USAF) bases to operate the advanced Lockheed F-22 Raptor. In 1921, Langley Field served as the launching point for Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell's US Army Air Service efforts in historic battleship bombing flight experiments. Prior to World War II, Langley Field became the first US Army Air Corps base to operate the Boeing YB-17, prototype of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress. During the latter half of the 20th century, Langley Air Force Base served as the headquarters for the Tactical Air Command (TAC) and the Air Combat Command (ACC). JBLE still serves as ACC headquarters.
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Mark A. Chambers
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Mark Chambers is an avid World War II aviation enthusiast and aviation history author. He has studied World War II military aviation, with a keen focus on the air war in the Pacific, extensively. He is the author of Images of Aviation: Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center (2007), Images of Aviation: Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2014), Building the Supermarine Spitfire: Speed in the Skies (2016), The Remarkable Career of Jack Reeder, Engineering Test Pilot (2007) and From Research to Relevance: Significant Achievements in Aeronautical Research at NASA Langley, 1917–2002 (2002). He works as a government contractor technical editor for the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
