Andrews Air Force Base
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Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility

USGS aerial photo as of 10 April 1988
Airport information
IATAADW
ICAOKADW
FAAADW
Airport typeMilitary: Air Force Base
OwnerUnited States Air Force
OperatorAir Force District of Washington
LocationCamp Springs, Maryland
Built1945
In use1945-Present
Occupants316th Wing
Elevation85 m (280 ft)

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Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, 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 is the 316th Wing (316 WG), assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. A non-flying wing, the 316 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).
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 in the European Theater of Operations during WWII The 316th WG commander is Shepro. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Davis.

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Business leaders air gripes with Hoyer - Business Gazette Tweet this news
Business Gazette---...- for infrastructure improvement intended to support expanding Joint -Base Andrews- in Camp Springs from an -Air Force base- to include Navy facilities. ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:41:31 GMT+00:00
White House dismisses critics, defends Obama's golf outings during Gulf crisis - The Hill Tweet this news
The Hill---...- more likely than not to include a few hours sitting at the food court near either -Andrews Air Force Base- or Fort Belvoir while Obama hits the links. ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:15:11 GMT+00:00
White House Defends Obama's Golf Outing - Talk Radio News Service Tweet this news
Talk Radio News Service--Obama's outing, which took place Saturday at -Andrew's Air Force Base-, raised eyebrows on the right. The Republican National Committee released an email the ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:31:43 GMT+00:00
Shill, baby, shill? - Baltimore Sun (blog) Tweet this news
Baltimore Sun (blog)---...- in the audience at -Andrews Air Force Base- this spring when President Obama announced his administration would support new exploration on the East Coast. ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:26:13 GMT+00:00
TPMDC Morning Roundup - TPMDC (blog) Tweet this news
TPMDC (blog)--President Obama will depart from the White House at 10:15 am ET, and depart from -Andrews Air Force Base- at 10:30 am ET, arriving at 11:40 am ET in Columbus, ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:07:32 GMT+00:00
Tyndall doctor speaks to health group - The News Herald Tweet this news
The News Herald--He said his first Air Force assignment was to -Andrews Air Force Base-, which is often the first US health care destination for injured military personnel ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:03:30 GMT+00:00
Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton en Route Andrews Air Force ... - FavStocks (blog) Tweet this news
FavStocks (blog)--By The White House on 06/15/2010 - 11:42 am PDTLeave a Comment MR. BURTON: I figured since there's a lot of this that it's just going to get kicked to the ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:56:24 GMT+00:00
'Clammies' for GIs - Tonawanda News Tweet this news
Tonawanda News--Lepsch and the truckload of underwear, socks, coats, T-shirts and many other items will make the journey to -Andrews Air Force Base- while Reeder and his ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:12:09 GMT+00:00
316th Wing Commander Says Farewell and Thanks - Capital Flyer Tweet this news
Capital Flyer--Steven M. Shepro Today, I join the few and proud ranks of ''former 316th Wing commanders” and ''former -Andrews Air Force Base- commanders. ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:07:14 GMT+00:00
Service Before Self - just another part of being an Andrews firefighter - Capital Flyer Tweet this news
Capital Flyer--''This field is truly unique - it is the only one in the -Air Force- where Airmen continue their career development courses throughout their entire career, ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:07:03 GMT+00:00

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
01L/19R9,300 (2,835)Concrete
01R/19L9,755 (2,973)Asphalt/Concrete



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