The B-17 Flying Fortress was still a few years away from becoming an iconic workhorse of American air power in World War II when a flight of six planes took off from Langley Field on Feb. 16, 1938 for ...

Nearly 100 years after the first plane took off from Langley Field, it can be hard to see this busy stretch of land along Hampton’s Back River as anything other than one of the most important hubs of ...

As the anniversary of the Air Force is commemorated this month, it may be of interest to recall the pivotal role Langley Field played in the long process that enabled the Army air arm to evolve into a ...

Founded in 1916, Langley Field was the home of a pioneering military air strip and the civilian aeronautics lab of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Together, they transformed American ...

__1931: __The world's first full-scale wind tunnel opens at Langley Field near Hampton, Virginia. With a test area 60 feet wide and 30 feet high, aerodynamic testing is performed on everything from ...

This collection of 264 negatives, with corresponding contact prints, concerns the 2nd Bomb Group at Langley Field, Virginia. These images were shot to aid the filming of "Test Pilot," which starred ...