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Joint Base Andrews

Camp Springs, United States

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Elevation

280 ft

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Location

Camp Springs · MD · United States

Position

38.811°, -76.867° · 280 ft elev.

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Home of Air Force One and America's executive airlift.

Opened

1942

Location

Camp Springs, United States

Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) is a major United States Air Force installation located in Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately 10 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. It serves as the home of the 89th Airlift Wing, which provides worldwide special air mission airlift, including transport for the President of the United States, Vice President, Cabinet members, and other senior government officials. The base is perhaps best known as the home of the two VC-25A aircraft (modified Boeing 747-200s) that carry the call sign 'Air Force One' when the President is aboard. It also hosts the Air Force District of Washington and numerous other military and government aviation units. Joint Base Andrews was formed in 2009 when Andrews Air Force Base merged with Naval Air Facility Washington under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, creating a joint military installation. Civilian access to the base is strictly controlled and it is not open to commercial passenger traffic.

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The base has no commercial passenger terminals; its facilities are exclusively for military and government executive airlift operations.

Getting to & from

The base is accessible by vehicle via the Capital Beltway (I-495), with no public transit connections due to restricted military access.

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No commercial airlines operate at Joint Base Andrews; the 89th Airlift Wing provides dedicated government and executive transport.

Notable facts

›Home of the VC-25A aircraft designated 'Air Force One' when carrying the U.S. President.
›The 89th Airlift Wing based here is nicknamed the 'Airlifters to the World.'
›Originally established in 1942 as Camp Springs Army Air Field.
›Named in honor of Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews, killed in a 1943 aircraft accident.
›Merged with Naval Air Facility Washington in 2009 to form Joint Base Andrews.

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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 (USAF) 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). The base was established in 2009, when Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Facility Washington were merged.

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