Andrews Air Force Base Air Show 2010
Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, (IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) is a United States Air Force base in Prince George’s County, Maryland, United States, eight miles east of Washington, D.C..
The host unit at Andrews could be the 316th Wing (316 WG), assigned for the Air Force District of Washington. A non-flying wing, the 316 WG is accountable for maintaining emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift and other National Capital Region contingency response capabilities crucial to national security, and for organizing, training, equipping and deploying combat-ready forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces (AEFs).
Andrews was established in 1942 as Camp Springs Air Base and is named for Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews (1884–1943), former Commanding General of United States Forces inside the European Theater of Operations in the course of WWII The 316th WG commander is Colonel Steven “Shep” Shepro. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant James E. Davis.
Air Force One is based there. Regularly the President and Vice President of the United States, congressional delegations, foreign heads of state, and others, use the air facilities.
Much more than 60 other separate units and special missions are located there. Andrews AFB is adjacent to Camp Springs, in Prince George County, Maryland, and is 10 miles (16 km) Southeast of Washington, DC. The base covers 4,320 acres (1,750 ha). You will find more than 20,000 active duty military people, civilian employees and household members.
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