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1st FW conducts MCA training on the flight line

Aug. 30, 2022

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — “MCA is designed to train Airmen in varying career fields, on recovering, relaunching, refueling and reloading aircraft in contingency locations in the shortest amount of time possible with no outside support,” said Huffman. “Currently, we have 20 Airmen, each with different maintenance backgrounds, such as aerospace ground equipment, weapons, ammo, low observable and more, participating in the program.”

June 6, 2022

Look twice for bikes; 1FW hosts Motorcycle Safety Day and Ride

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Members from the 1st Fighter Wing hosted a Motorcycle Safety Day open to all Department of Defense riders in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area on June 3, 2022, the first one the wing has hosted since 2012

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alan Carroll, 633d Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, gives an overview of the M18 pistol to Col. William Creeden, 1st Fighter Wing commander, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2021.

Nov. 22, 2021

Crossbow Nation shows 1st FW command team the ropes

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The 1st Fighter Wing command team immersed themselves in the 633d Air Base Wing mission of providing world class joint base support.

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Alexander “Thorney” Thorne, 94th Fighter Squadron Foreign Exchange Officer, tests his communication equipment prior to take off at Joint Base Langley-Eustis June 15, 2021. Thorne has flown with the 94 FS for three and a half years.

July 26, 2021

The Adventure of a Lifetime

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. —

May 17, 2021

1st MXG Welcomes New Commander

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Col. Neal Van Houten assumed command of the 1st Maintenance Group from Col. David Seitz at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, May 14, 2021. Col. David Lopez, 1st Fighter Wing commander, presided over the change of command.

March 3, 2021

Flashback: Shield Turns Into Storm

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The 30th anniversary of the beginning of Operation DESERT STORM, a massive U.S.-led offensive campaign to liberate Kuwait, was marked Jan. 17, 2021.

May 14, 2020

Flyby salutes Virginia healthcare, essential workers

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The Air Combat Command F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and Air Force Heritage Flight performed a formation flyover throughout the Virginia peninsula, in salute to everyone on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19, as well as those staying at home to “flatten the curve” of the virus May 12, 2020. The formation was led by Maj. Joshua “Cabo” Gunderson, F-22 Raptor Demo Team commander, along with two World War II P-51 Mustangs piloted by Jim Beasley Jr. and Andrew McKenna from the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Ayers, 633rd Air Base Wing chaplain, passes a boxed lunch through a window during a 1st Fighter Friday lunch at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 22, 2020.

April 26, 2020

Chaplains alter methods to remain connected

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The 1st Fighter Wing Chaplain Office provided lunch for 1FW members at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 22, 2020.

Spark Tank 2020 winners lift their trophy during the Spark Tank competition in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 28, 2020.

March 3, 2020

Spark Tank 2020: Funding the future of the Air Force

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force innovation program, AFWERX, hosted the third annual Spark Tank competition during the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 26-28, 2020.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Caban, 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, covers an F-22 Raptor intake with the Portable Magnetic Aircraft Covers at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Oct. 23, 2019.

Nov. 18, 2019

Airman’s innovation sparks excitement for Raptors

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — As the Air Force faces continued fiscal constraints the need for Airmen to be innovative in identifying and solving mission shortfalls keeps growing.