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| Andrews U.S. Air Force Base | |
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| Maryland, United States | |
| Type | Air Force Base |
| Built | 1945 |
| In use | 1945 - present |
| Controlled by | United States Air Force |
| Commanders | Colonel Paul R. Ackerley |
| Occupants | 316th Wing 113th Wing (DCANG) 457th Airlift Squadron 459th Air Refueling Wing (AFRC) 744th Communications Squadron 79th Medical Wing 89th Airlift Wing Air Force District of Washington Air Force Flight Standards Agency Air Force Office of Special Investigations Air National Guard Readiness Center Army Jet Detachment Civil Air Patrol - Andrews Composite Squadron District of Columbia Air National Guard Federal Aviation Administration Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (USMCR) National Guard Bureau Naval Air Facility Washington D.C. Naval Communications Security Material Systems |
Andrews Air Force Base (ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) is a United States Air Force base near Washington, DC and the home base of the U.S. presidential aircraft, Air Force One.
The host unit is the 316th Wing, composed of an operations group and a mission support group.
Andrews' current mission is that of emergency reaction and contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and support for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces.
Originally known as Camp Springs Army Air Base, the base was renamed to Andrews Field in 1945 after Frank Maxwell Andrews, a pivotal figure in the development of the United States Air Force, who had died in an airplane accident in 1943.
In 1962, Bolling Air Force Base ceased fixed-wing flight operations due to congestion at nearby National Airport, and these operations and assets were transferred to Andrews.
Andrews Air Force Base is located a few miles southeast of Washington, D.C. in Prince George's County, Maryland near the town of Morningside. The base is also recognized as a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 mi² (17.7 km²). 6.8 mi² (17.7 km²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. There are two runways on the base; the western runway is 11,300 ft (3,440 m) in length, and the eastern runway is 11,700 ft (3,570 m) in length.
This article incorporates text from http://www.andrews.af.mil Andrews Air Force Base, a public domain work of the United States Government.
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| BASES: | Andrews Air Force Base • Charleston Air Force Base • Dover Air Force Base • Fairchild Air Force Base • Grand Forks Air Force Base • MacDill Air Force Base • McChord Air Force Base • McConnell Air Force Base • McGuire Air Force Base • Pope Air Force Base • Scott Air Force Base • Travis Air Force Base |
| NUMBERED AIR FORCE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS: | 15th Expeditionary Task Force • Eighteenth Air Force • 21st Expeditionary Task Force • Tanker Airlift Control Center • USAF Expeditionary Center |
| WINGS: | 6th Air Mobility Wing • 22d Air Refueling Wing • 43d Airlift Wing • 60th Air Mobility Wing • 62d Airlift Wing • 89th Airlift Wing • 92d Air Refueling Wing • 305th Air Mobility Wing • 319th Air Refueling Wing • 375th Airlift Wing • 436th Airlift Wing • 437th Airlift Wing |
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