Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews
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| Part of Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) and the United States Navy Reserve | |
| Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S. | |
Boeing VC-25, widely known as Air Force One when the President is on board, of the 89th Airlift Wing in 2008
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U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-209 in 2008
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 Joint Base Andrews
Location of Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
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| Coordinates | 38°48′39″N 076°52′01″W / 38.81083°N 76.86694°WCoordinates: 38°48′39″N 076°52′01″W / 38.81083°N 76.86694°W |
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 United States Air Force
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| Built | 1945 |
| In use | 1945 – present |
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 11th Wing
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| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 11th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Facility Washington were merged to form Joint Base Andrews.
The base is named for Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews (1884–1943), former Commanding General of United States Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The base is widely known for serving as the home base of two Boeing VC-25 aircraft which have the call sign Air Force One while the President of the United States is on board.
For statistical purposes the base is delineated as a census-designated place by the U.S. Census Bureau. As of the 2010 census, the resident population was 2,973.
The host unit at Andrews is the 11th Wing (11 WG), assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. The 11 WG 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 11th WG commander is Colonel Bradley T. Hoagland. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Vance C. Kondon.
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