| Joint Base Andrews | |||||||||
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| Camp Springs, Maryland in the United States of America | |||||||||
 Boeing VC-25A, widely known as Air Force One when the President is on board, of the 89th Airlift Wing based at JB Andrews. | |||||||||
 Motto: America's Airfield | |||||||||
  JB Andrews Location in the United States | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°48′39″N 076°52′01″W / 38.81083°N 76.86694°W | ||||||||
| Type | US military Joint Base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1942 (as Camp Springs Air Base) | ||||||||
| In use | 2009 – present (as Joint Base) | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Andrew M. Purath | ||||||||
| Garrison | 316th Wing (Host) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW, WMO: 745940 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 85.3 metres (280 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Joint Base Andrews (JBA) (IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) 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 (USAF) 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW).[2] The base was established in 2009, when Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Facility Washington were merged.
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.[3]
The host at Andrews is the 316th Wing, assigned to the Air Force District of Washington, which is also headquartered at Andrews. The 316th Wing 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). Three other wings at Andrews are the reserve 459th Air Refueling Wing, Air National Guard's 113th Wing and active duty 89th Airlift Wing.
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Joint Base Andrews (KADW)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 7 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Officials unveil Joint Base Andrews
- ^ Factsheets : Presidential Airlift Group (AMC) United States Air Force Archived 30 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine