Aerial view or the Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C (USA) on 16 May 2010. Tags: Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility View |
Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, Airport codesADWKADWADW is a United States Air Force base in Prince Georges County (Prince Georges County, Maryland), 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 Colonel Steven "Shep" Shepro. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant James E. Davis.
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Nativename: Air Force District of Washington
Image-width: 250
Iata: ADW
Icao: KADW
Faa: ADW
Type: Military: Air Force Base
Owner: United States Air Force
Operator: Air Force District of Washington
Birth Location: Camp Springs, Maryland
Built: 1945
Used: 1945--present
Occupants: 316th Wing
Elevation-f: 280
Elevation-m: 85
Coordinates: Coord384839N0765201Wtype:airportdisplay=inline
Website: www.andrews.af.mil/
Number on List: 01L/19R
R1-length-f: 9,300
R1-length-m: 2,835
R1-surface: Concrete
Number on List: 01R/19L
R2-length-f: 9,755
R2-length-m: 2,973
R2-surface: Asphalt/Concrete
Footnotes: Sources: official site and FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Location mapMarylandlabel=Joint Base Andrews NAF Washington
Marksize: 10mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg
Lat Dir: Nlat_deg=38lat_min=48 lat_sec=39
Lon Dir: Wlon_deg=76lon_min=52lon_sec=01
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