U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Melissa Lackore, U.S Air Force Heritage of America Band Full Spectrum vocalist, sings during the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. Full Spectrum plays a mix of “old school” hip-hop and current pop music trends to reach the generation’s youth and young adults. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Vasquez Jr. and Senior Airman Melissa Lackore, U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band vocalists, perform a duet during the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. The Heritage of America band was created by order of the Secretary of War on Oct. 1, 1941 and assigned to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and was later reassigned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)

Donny Tuck, Hampton mayor, speaks at the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. In 1916, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics established Langley Field as a joint airfield for U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and NACA aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chaleah Phillips, 1st Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems journeyman, explains the Gatling gun display to Sam Kim, defense contractor, at the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. Langley Air Force Base is the oldest continuously operating active air base in the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)

Karen Jackson, Virginia Secretary of Technology, gives a proclamation to U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, at the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. The proclamation was presented in honor of the 69th birthday of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)

U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks during the 100-year Gala celebration at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. Carlisle discussed the history of Langley Field and the conditions the men faced who started construction in 1916. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert)