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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Megan Rowlett, 633rd Contracting Squadron contract specialist, signs her first contract as a warranted contracting officer for the purchase COVID-19 testing modules from her home in Hampton, Virginia, March 30, 2020.

April 16, 2020

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Many uniformed personnel and Department of Defense civilians are mandated to stay home to help combat the continuing spread of COVID-19; but with that being said, the mission must still go on. For U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Megan Rowlett, 633rd Contracting Squadron contract specialist, her mission didn’t stop when she needed to sign her first ever contract as a warranted contracting officer from her own kitchen.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony DiTonno, 633rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Laboratory non-commissioned officer in-charge, tests fuel as it is delivered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 10, 2020. The fuel is tested to ensure the product meets or exceeds quality standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

March 11, 2020

Gas by grass: transporting fuel by truck

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — No matter how well jets are maintained, they can’t fly without fuel. That’s where the Fuels Management Flight comes in.

A NASA Langley Research Center test unit laser is setup for the new lunar system is setup and tested at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Nov. 26, 2019. The laser will assist NASA in landing astronauts on the Moon softly and safely. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

Dec. 6, 2019

Airmen aid NASA with “The laser” for lunar mission

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. — The NASA Langley Research Center is developing and testing new technology that will be used on the next space shuttle to the Moon, Mars, helicopters landing in the desert, and possibly in self-driving cars.

A U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command senior leader participates in the strength deadlift during an exhibition of the new Army Combat Fitness Test at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Aug. 1, 2018.

Aug. 7, 2018

TRADOC senior leaders among first to take new Army Combat Fitness Test

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The Sony Walkman, the Rubik’s Cube and the IBM Personal Computer have one thing in common with the current Army Physical Fitness Test – they were all invented in 1980. Education and innovation have given way to newer and better ideas, and the new Army Combat Fitness Test is the first of its kind to directly connect the science of fitness, with combat readiness for Soldiers.