| Andrews Air Force Base | |||||||||
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| Camp Springs, Maryland in the United States of America | |||||||||
 President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of State, Dean Rusk and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, upon his arrival aboard Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, following Easter vacation in Palm Beach, Florida, 27 April 1962 | |||||||||
  Andrews AFB Location in the United States | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°48′39″N 076°52′01″W / 38.81083°N 76.86694°W | ||||||||
| Type | US Air Force base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Website | www.andrews.af.mil/ | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1942 (as Camp Springs Air Base) | ||||||||
| In use | 1942 – October 1, 2009 | ||||||||
| Fate | Merged in 2009 to become an element of Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW, WMO: 745940 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 85.3 metres (280 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2004/Day%2027/JFKWHP-1962-04-27-A?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-C21291# | |||||||||
Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF).[1] In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base merged with Naval Air Facility Washington to form Joint Base Andrews. Andrews, located near Morningside, Maryland in suburban Washington, D.C., is the home base of two Boeing VC-25A aircraft with the call sign Air Force One when the president is on board, that serve the President of the United States, and the President is typically flown in and out of Andrews when travelling from Washington, D.C. by plane.[2]
The host unit at Andrews is the 316th Wing, assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is responsible for maintaining emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift and other National Capital Region contingency response capabilities critical to national security and for organizing, training, equipping and deploying combat-ready forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces (AEFs). The 316th Wing also provides installation security, services and airfield management to support the President, Vice President, other U.S. senior leaders and more than 50 tenant organizations and federal agencies.
The 316th Wing provides security, personnel, contracting, finance and infrastructure support for five wings, three headquarters, more than 80 tenant organizations, 148 geographically separated units, and 6,500 airmen in the Pentagon, as well as 60,000 airmen and families in the national capital region and around the world. The 316th Wing supports contingency operations in the capital of the United States with immediate response rotary-assets. It also provides security for the world's highest visibility flight line and is responsible for ceremonial support with the United States Air Force Band, Honor Guard and Air Force Arlington Chaplaincy.[3]
The wing commander is Colonel Tyler R. Schaff,[4] and the command chief master sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Thomas C. Daniels.[5]
- ^ Sperling, Capt. Robert. "Officials unveil Joint Base Andrews". Af.mil. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Factsheets : Presidential Airlift Group (AMC) United States Air Force". Afhra.af.mil. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "316th Wing".
- ^ "Colonel Tyler R. Schaff".
- ^ "Chief Master Sergeant Ezekiel A. Ross".