U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Gross, right, 633d Medical Group mental health flight commander, briefs Col. William Creeden, center, 1st Fighter Wing commander, and Col. Gregory Beaulieu, left, Joint Base Langley-Eustis commander, at JBLE, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2021. Gross spoke about access to care for JBLE and the course of treatment for those coming to mental health. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chandler Baker)
Members of the Nansemond Indian Nation and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe met with Joint Base Langley-Eustis leadership as part of the annual government-to-government Tribal Consultation, Oct. 6-7, 2021.
The tribal consultation itself is a process aimed at building and maintaining meaningful and stable relations between federal government activities, which include military installations like JBLE, and federally-recognized tribal governments, which are sovereign nations in their own right. The tribal members at the consult are all descended from peoples native to the land JBLE now occupies.
“These Tribes have lived in the area for thousands of years,” said Dr. Christopher L. McDaid, 733d Mission Support Group archaeologist....
When servicing the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, speed and precision are necessary to ensure aircraft are ready to carry out the Department of Defense mission. Extreme temperatures can cause our Airmen to overheat, which threatens maintaining a steady operations tempo.
What happens when a significant event like a power outage stifles the ability of the 1st Fighter Wing to conduct daily sorties for training in support of the Air Force mission? Well, the short answer is, it doesn’t.
