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Andrews Air Force Base
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| Andrews AFB | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ADW – ICAO: KADW – FAA: ADW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military: Air Force Base | ||
| Operator | United States Air Force | ||
| Location | Camp Springs, Maryland | ||
| Built | 1945 | ||
| In use | 1945 - present | ||
| Commander | Col. Paul R. Ackerley | ||
| Occupants |
316th Wing |
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| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 1L/19R | 9,300 | 2,835 | Concrete |
| 1R/19L | 9,755 | 2,973 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Sources: official site[1] and FAA[2] | |||
Andrews Air Force Base (IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) is a United States Air Force base near Washington, DC and the home base of the U.S. presidential aircraft, Air Force One.
The host unit is the 316th Wing, composed of an operations group and a mission support group.
Andrews' current mission is that of emergency reaction and contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and support for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces.
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Originally known as Camp Springs Army Air Base, the base was renamed to Andrews Field in 1945 after Frank Maxwell Andrews, a pivotal figure in the development of the United States Air Force, who had died in an airplane accident in 1943.
In 1962, Bolling Air Force Base ceased fixed-wing flight operations due to congestion at nearby National Airport, and these operations and assets were transferred to Andrews.
Andrews Air Force Base is located a few miles southeast of Washington, D.C. in Prince George's County, Maryland near the town of Morningside. The base is also recognized as a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²). 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. There are two runways on the base; the western runway is 11,300 ft (3,440 m) in length, and the eastern runway is 11,700 ft (3,570 m) in length.
- C-20B (89th Airlift Wing, Army Jet Detachment and Naval Air Facility)
- C-21 (457th Airlift Squadron)
- C-32A (89th Airlift Wing)
- C-37A (89th Airlift Wing, Army Jet Detachment and Naval Air Facility)
- C-38 (113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- C-40B/C (89th Airlift Wing/113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- C-130 Hercules (Naval Air Facility)
- EA-6B Prowler (Naval Air Facility)
- F-16 Fighting Falcon (113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard)
- KC-135R Stratotanker (459th Air Refueling Wing)
- UC-12 Huron (Naval Air Facility and VMR, Det Andrews)
- UC-35 (Army Jet Det, Naval Air Facility and VMR, Det Andrews)
- UH-1N, (316th Wing)
- VC-25, Air Force One (89th Airlift Wing)
- In the film Independence Day, Air Force One narrowly escapes destruction as the airbase (As well as the city of Washington D.C.) is engulfed in flame from an alien attack.
This article incorporates text from http://www.andrews.af.mil Andrews Air Force Base, a public domain work of the United States Government.
- ^ Andrews Air Force Base, official site
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for ADW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- Andrews Air Force Base at GlobalSecurity.org
- Air Force District of Washington (AFDW)
- Aerial photograph of runway configuration
- Andrews Air Force Base at WikiMapia
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- AirNav airport information for KADW
- ASN accident history for ADW
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KADW
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government | Bases of the United States Air Force | Facilities of the United States Air Force slated for realignment | Military in Maryland | Prince George's County, Maryland | Airports in Maryland | Census-designated places in Maryland