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'''Andrews Air Force Base''' ('''Andrews AFB''', '''AAFB''') {{Airport codes|ADW|KADW|ADW}} is the airfield portion of [[Joint Base Andrews]], which is under the jurisdiction of the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF).<ref name=Sperling>{{cite web|last=Sperling |first=Capt. Robert |url=https://www.af.mil/News/story/id/123171867/ |title=Officials unveil Joint Base Andrews |publisher=Af.mil |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base merged with [[Naval Air Facility Washington]] to form [[Joint Base Andrews]]. Andrews, located near [[Morningside, Maryland]] in [[Washington, DC metropolitan area|suburban Washington, D.C.]], is the home base of two Boeing [[VC-25A]] aircraft with the call sign [[Air Force One]] when the president is on board, that serve the [[President of the United States]], and the President is typically flown in and out of Andrews when travelling from Washington, D.C. by plane.<ref name="air force one">{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9834 |title=Factsheets : Presidential Airlift Group (AMC) ''United States Air Force'' |publisher=Afhra.af.mil |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530200840/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9834 |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref>

The host unit at Andrews is the [[316th Wing]], assigned to the [[Air Force District of Washington]]. It 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). The 316th Wing also provides installation security, services and airfield management to support the President, Vice President, other U.S. senior leaders and more than 50 tenant organizations and federal agencies.

The 316th Wing provides security, personnel, contracting, finance and infrastructure support for five wings, three headquarters, more than 80 tenant organizations, 148 geographically separated units, and 6,500 airmen in the Pentagon, as well as 60,000 airmen and families in the national capital region and around the world. The 316th Wing supports contingency operations in the capital of the United States with immediate response rotary-assets. It also provides security for the world's highest visibility flight line and is responsible for ceremonial support with the United States Air Force Band, Honor Guard and Air Force Arlington Chaplaincy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2216129/316th-wing/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613072233/https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2216129/316th-wing/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2020|title = 316th Wing}}</ref>

The wing commander is Colonel Tyler R. Schaff,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2212070/colonel-tyler-r-schaff/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613073621/https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2212070/colonel-tyler-r-schaff/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2020|title = Colonel Tyler R. Schaff}}</ref> and the command chief master sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Thomas C. Daniels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1571733/chief-master-sergeant-thomas-c-daniels/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726035036/https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1571733/chief-master-sergeant-thomas-c-daniels/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2020|title = Chief Master Sergeant Ezekiel A. Ross}}</ref>

==History==
Union [[American Civil War]] troops used a country church near [[Camp Springs, Maryland]] for sleeping quarters (now named Chapel Two)<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.andrews.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4479 |title=Fact Sheet, Andrews Air Force Base history, Office of History, 316th Airlift Wing |publisher=Andrews.af.mil |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601062831/http://www.andrews.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4479 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and on 25 August 1941, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] directed use of the land for an airfield.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}

===Camp Springs Air Base===
'''Camp Springs Air Base''' was designated on 5 September 1942, and construction began on 16 September 1942.<!--{{r|Mueller}}--> The [[Maryland World War II Army Airfields|Maryland World War II Army Airfield]] of the [[First Air Force|1st Air Force]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} was "designated a sub-base of Headquarters, [[Glenn L. Martin Airport|Baltimore AAFld]], late Nov 1942"—the 901st Quartermaster Company (Construction) became the base operating unit on 14 December 1942.{{r|Mueller}} '''Camp Springs Army Air Base''' opened on 2 May 1943,<ref>{{Full citation needed|date=October 2013}}{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref>{{Verify source|reason=Mueller claims the base had a different name at this time.|date=October 2013}} and the airfield became operational 2 May 1943 when the first Republic [[P-47 Thunderbolt]]s arrived.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} after the [[367th Fighter Squadron]] was stationed at Camp Springs on 21 April 1943.<!--{{r|Mueller}}--> On 6 June 1943 the Camp Springs headquarters gained command of 4 sub-bases: Baltimore AAFld, [[Dover Army Airfield]], [[Millville Army Airfield]], and [[Philadelphia Municipal Airport]] became sub-bases of Camp Springs AAB.{{r|Mueller}}

The airfield had {{convert|5500|ft}} runways by 1944 when the [[90th Fighter Control Squadron]] was formed (28 March 1944),{{r|Mueller}} and the last Camp Springs combat units (e.g., [[535th Fighter Escort Squadron]]) departed for World War II combat on 10 April 1944.<ref>Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, {{ISBN|0-912799-02-1}}).</ref> Camp Springs was expanded to become the initial headquarters of [[Continental Air Forces]] (CONAF)<!--"CONAF" from Mueller p. 5--> (activated 12 December 1944)<!--{{r|Grant}}-->—the [[161st AAF Base Unit (CONAF)]] became the "Andrews Field" operating unit on 16 April 1945.{{r|Mueller}}

===Andrews Field===
'''Andrews Field''' was named on 7 February 1945 in honor of [[Frank Maxwell Andrews|Lt Gen. Frank Andrews]] and in 1946, Andrews was a sub-base of [[Bolling Field]] (3 January 1946 – 20 November 1946){{r|Mueller}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-25|title=Why Is It Named Joint Base Andrews?|url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2013/02/25/why-is-it-named-andrews-air-force-base/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Ghosts of DC|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Strategic Air Command]] headquarters transferred from Bolling Field to Andrews. The command of CONAF's [[Radar Bomb Scoring]] detachments (e.g., at [[Dallas Love Field]]) transferred to Andrews on 17 March 1946 when the [[3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group#Andrews Field|"263 AAF BU" was assigned (transferred 23 February 1948)]] to [[Carswell AFB]].{{r|Mueller}}

Andrews was transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1947, and it was a [[Headquarters Command]] installation from 1947 through 1952 and again after 1957.{{Dubious|reason=Headquarters Command wasn't designated until 17 March 1958|date=October 2013}} Headquarters Military Air Transport Service controlled the base during the interim period. The year 1947 marked the arrival of the first permanently assigned jet-powered aircraft, the [[F-80 Shooting Star]], at Andrews. The long-lived and versatile training version of the F-80, the T-33, still played an important role in proficiency flying programs at Andrews more than 30 years later.

===Andrews Air Force Base===
[[File:FMApic2.jpg|thumb|left|Andrews AFB and Joint Base Andrews are named for [[Lieutenant General]] [[Frank Maxwell Andrews]] (1884–1943), former Commanding General of United States Forces in the World War II [[European Theater of Operations]]. General Andrews organized and commanded the General Headquarters, Air Force (1935–1939), and at the time of his death on 3 May 1943 in the crash of a [[B-24 Liberator]] in Iceland, he was Commanding General, United States Forces, European Theater of Operations.]]
'''Andrews Air Force Base''' was designated on 24 June 1948, and in June 1950, Andrews rapidly became involved in combat readiness training for [[B-25 Mitchell]] medium bomber crews. Combat readiness training and proficiency flying for military pilots assigned non-flying duties in the Washington area have remained two key elements in the local mission since the establishment of the base. HQ Air Research and Development Command (later, [[Air Force Systems Command]]) moved to Andrews from [[Baltimore]], 24 June 1958. With the construction of new facilities beginning in 1959, Andrews had become by early 1962 the primary USAF flight installation serving the Washington, DC, area with the closing of the runway at [[Bolling AFB]].

Andrews' air defense role was strengthened in the 1950s with the latest in fighter-interceptor hardware appearing on the flight line. [[F-94 Starfire]]s, [[F-102 Delta Dagger]]s and finally, [[F-106 Delta Dart]]s formed the backbone of the three fighter interceptor squadrons which operated from the base until 1963.<ref>Ravenstein, Charles A. ''Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977''. [[Maxwell Air Force Base]], [[Alabama]]: Office of Air Force History 1984. {{ISBN|0-912799-12-9}}.</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2013}}

In the late 1950s Andrews began an annual open house and air show on base. This event later evolved into the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] Joint Services Open House, an annual event that now brings more than 700,000 visitors to the base every year. The open house is held every year over Armed Forces Day weekend.

In the years since 1959, Andrews' flight operations and importance have increased greatly. In 1961, the last of the Military Air Transport Service's flying units at Washington National Airport transferred to Andrews. This was followed a year later by the transfer to Andrews of all fixed-wing flying activities from [[Bolling Air Force Base]]. Andrews has become firmly established as the main port of entry for foreign military and government officials en route to Washington and the United States. In July 1961, the official presidential aircraft was stationed here, known as "Air Force One" when the president is on board. Before 1961, the presidential airplane had been kept at Washington National Airport and Bolling AFB.

In 1963, the Naval Air Facility (NAF), originally established at the former NAS Anacostia in 1919, moved to Andrews. The NAF handles Naval VIP flight operations. The Marine Corps detachment that flies the [[FA-18 Hornet]] is located here.

In a major reorganization, Headquarters Command, U.S. Air Force, was disbanded 1 July 1976, restructured under the [[Military Airlift Command]] as the [[76th Airlift Division]] and transferred its headquarters from Bolling AFB to Andrews. The 76th remained the parent unit of the Andrews host command, redesignated as the 1st Air Base Wing.

In October 1977, the 76th Airlift Division became the 76th Military Airlift Wing. The 1st Air Base Wing was redesignated the 76th Air Base Group, and the 89th Military Airlift Wing became the 89th Military Airlift Group. The 76th MAW remained the parent unit at Andrews. On 15 December 1980, the [[76th Airlift Division]] was reestablished, the 76th Air Base Group became the 1776th Air Base Wing and the 89th Military Airlift Group became the 89th Military Airlift Wing. On 1 October 1985, the 76th Airlift Division was inactivated as the result of activation of the Headquarters [[Air Force District of Washington]] at [[Bolling AFB]]. The 1776th Air Base Wing was designated the "host wing" for Andrews AFB and assumed base support responsibilities.

During [[Operation Desert Storm]], Andrews handled 16,540 patients in makeshift hospital facilities located in the base tennis center.
[[File:And-c-32-89aw.jpg|thumb|A C-32A, a specially configured version of the [[Boeing 757]]-200 commercial intercontinental airliner used for executive/VIP transportation (89th Airlift Wing)|alt=|left]]On 12 July 1991, the 89th Military Airlift Wing was redesignated as the [[89th Airlift Wing]] and assumed duties as the host wing at Andrews AFB. Support functions previously performed by the 1776th Air Base Wing now fall under the 89th and the 1776th was inactivated. With the consolidation of the two wings, the newly formed 89th Airlift Wing is one of the largest wings in [[Air Mobility Command]] with a work force approaching 9,000 people.

Known as "The President's Wing," the [[89th Airlift Wing]] continues to contribute to Andrews' rich history as the elite [[Air Mobility Command]] wing for transporting VIPs around the world. Not only does Andrews provide service for America's senior officials, but also kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, popes, and local and foreign military leaders make Andrews AFB their first stop in the United States.

On 5 January 2005 the Air Force reactivated the [[Air Force District of Washington]] (AFDW) as the single Air Force voice for planning and implementing Air Force and joint solutions within the National Capital Region (NCR). This event brought with it significant changes at Andrews. On 12 May 2006, the [[89th Medical Group]] at Andrews and the 11th Medical Group, [[Bolling Air Force Base]], [[Washington, D.C.]] combined into the [[79th Medical Wing]] where it established its headquarters at Andrews. In June 2006, the 316th Wing stood up under the command of AFDW as the new host unit for Andrews Air Force Base and its nearly 50 tenant units to include organizations from the [[U.S. Army]], the [[Air Force Reserve Command]], [[Air National Guard]], [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve]], [[Marine Corps Reserve]] and the [[Civil Air Patrol]]. The activation of the 316th prompted the transfer of the 1st Helicopter Squadron from the 89th Airlift Wing to the 316th Operations Group. In May 2007 the AFDW, as well as the 844th Communications Group, transferred from Bolling AFB to Andrews AFB.

===Merger===
In May 2005, several recommendations relating to Andrews AFB were made by the [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission|Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission]]. The most significant was to realign Naval Air Facility (NAF) Washington, by relocating its installation management functions to Andrews AFB, thereby establishing Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

BRAC also recommended relocating several offices of the [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Secretary of the Air Force]] to Andrews from leased office space in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia]], thereby reducing reliance on leased floor space and increasing the security for those activities by locating them within a military installation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Other changes included the relocation of the [[United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations|Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] (AFOSI) headquarters from Andrews to [[Marine Corps Base Quantico]], Virginia, and the relocation of the [[Air Force Flight Standards Agency]] (AFFSA) and its two [[C-21A]] to [[Will Rogers World Airport#Will Rogers Air National Guard Base|Will Rogers Air National Guard Base]], [[Oklahoma]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

[[File:F-16D_DC_ANG_Andrews_AFB_2008.JPG|thumb|alt=|A [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16D Fighting Falcon]] of the [[District of Columbia Air National Guard]]]]

The merger with NAF Washington was effective from 1 October 2009, when the joint base was established, with the US Air Force being the lead organization providing management and support services for both installations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/336385/naf-washington-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123072615/http://www.jba.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/336385/naf-washington-history|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2016|title=NAF Washington History|website=Joint Base Andrews|publisher=US Air Force|language=en-US|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref>

Although sharing parallel runways, NAF Washington was originally considered a separate air installation and maintained a separate Navy/Marine Corps–unique FAA airfield identifier of NSF and an ICAO airfield identifier of KNSF. Prior to merging, these separate airfield identifiers were discontinued on 29 March 2009 and all flight operations in and out of NAF Washington now use the Andrews AFB airfield identifiers of ADW and KADW as appropriate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.afdw.af.mil/News/story/id/123148293/ |title=Air Force's first joint base flies more with less |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629202523/http://www.afdw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123148293 |archive-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 October 2010; the Air Force completed the merge of the 11th Wing and the 316th. The 11th Wing became the host base organization for Joint Base Andrews.<ref name="history" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andrews.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123214693|title=Mission, movement, manning – installation members stand at ready for 11 WG merger ''United States Air Force''|author=Airmen 1st Class Kat Lynn Justen and Katherine Windish|date=23 July 2010|publisher=Andrews.af.mil|access-date=18 October 2010|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181626/http://www.andrews.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123214693|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andrews.af.mil/photos/slideshow.asp?id={4D970F66-8B42-46DA-9ACA-0AB3D9DC098C}|title=Slideshow: 11th Wing becomes the host wing at JBA ''United States Air Force''|date=8 June 2012|publisher=Andrews.af.mil}}</ref>

===Major commands to which assigned===
*[[First Air Force]], 5 September 1942
*[[Continental Air Forces]], 17 April 1945
: Redesignated: [[Strategic Air Command]], 21 March 1946[[File:And-c-37a-89aw.jpg|thumb|C-37A Gulfstream V (89th Airlift Wing)]]

* [[Military Air Transport Service]], 16 November 1948
* Bolling Field Command, 8 April 1949
: [[Air Defense Command]] (Attached)
:: [[Eastern Air Defense Force]], 13 August 1950 – 1 July 1963
*[[File:Obama at Joint Base Andrews.jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] greets personnel at the base in October 2010.]][[Military Air Transport Service]], 1 August 1952
*Bolling Field Command, 1 October 1957
: Redesignated: Headquarters Command, USAF, 17 March 1958
*[[Military Airlift Command]], 1 July 1976
*[[Air Force District of Washington]], 12 July 1991
*[[Air Mobility Command]], 15 July 1994
*[[Air Force District of Washington]], 22 June 2006–present

===Major units assigned===
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*394th Base HQ & Air Base Squadron, 14 July 1943 – 10 April 1944
*122d AAF Base Unit, 10 April 1944 – 16 April 1945
*161st AAF Base Unit, 10 April 1944 – 15 November 1945
*64th AAF Base Unit, 16 April 1945 – 15 August 1947
*263d AAF (later AF) Base Unit, 17 March 1946 – 23 February 1948
*443d AAF (later AF) Base Unit, 25 June 1946 – 27 June 1949
*HQ [[Strategic Air Command]], 20 October 1946 – 8 November 1948
*60th AAF (later AF) Base Unit, 21 October 1946 – 1 August 1948
*AAF (later AF) Separation Point, 12 March 1947 – 27 October 1949
*3d Combat Fighter Wing VLR, 1 April 1947 – 15 August 1957
*[[311th Air Division|311th Reconnaissance Wing (311th Air Division)]], 1 June 1947 – 19 June 1948
*[[2d Bomb Wing|2d Bombardment Group]], 1 July – 24 September 1947
*[[44th Missile Wing|44th Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 6 September 1948
*[[90th Missile Wing|90th Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 19 July 1948
*[[98th Range Wing|98th Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 24 September 1947
*[[303d Aeronautical Systems Wing|303d Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 6 September 1948
*[[305th Air Mobility Wing|305th Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 6 September 1948
*[[306th Flying Training Group|306th Bombardment Group]], 1 July 1947 – 1 August 1948
*[[4th Fighter Wing]], 15 August 1947 – 25 April 1949
*[[33d Fighter Wing|33d Fighter Group]], 25 August – 16 September 1947
*[[Air Force Weather Agency|HQ, Air Weather Service (AWS)]], 22 November 1948 – 22 June 1958
*[[Air Force Communications Agency|HQ Airborne Air Control Service (AACS)]], 22 November 1948 – 14 January 1958
*[[Military Air Transport Service|HQ Military Air Transport Service (MATS)]], 1 December 1948 – 15 January 1958
*1050th (later 1401st, later 1001st) Air Base Wing, 1 April 1949 – 1 July 1969
*8500th Air Weather Wing, 1 September 1949 – 23 June 1951
*[[335th Fighter Squadron|335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], 13 August – 10 November 1950
*[[113th Wing|113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]], 1–16 February 1951
*[[Air Resupply And Communications Service|HQ Air Supply & Communication Service]], 23 February 1951 – 1 January 1954
*[[95th Fighter Squadron|95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], 1 November 1952 – 1 July 1963
*[[1st Airlift Squadron|1401st (later 1001st, later 1st) Transport (later Airlift) Squadron]], 24 August 1952–present
*[[85th Air Division]], 5 September 1955 – 1 September 1958
*[[459th Air Refueling Wing|459th Troop Carrier (Later Military Airlift, later Air Refueling) Wing]], 26 January 1955–present
*Aerial Port of Embarkation, 6 January 1958 – 15 February 1978
*[[Air Force Systems Command|HQ Air Force Research & Development (later Systems Command)]], 24 January 1958 – 1 July 1992
*Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, 1 August 1958 – 1 April 2015
*[[File:1254th-air-transport-wing-MATS.png|12px]] [[89th Airlift Wing|1254th Air Transport (later 89th Military Airlift, later Airlift) Wing]], 10 July 1961–present
*909th Troop Carrier (later Military Airlift) Group, 28 December 1962 – 1 July 1976
*6th Weather Wing, 8 October 1965 – 1 August 1975
*1st Air Base Wing, 1 July 1969 – 30 September 1977
*[[76th Air Division|76th Airlift Division]], 1 March 1976 – 30 September 1977
: Redesignated: 76th Military Airlift Wing, 30 September 1977 – 16 December 1980
: Redesignated: 76th Airlift Division, 15 December 1980 – 1 October 1985
*1776th Air Base Wing, 15 December 1980 – 12 July 1991
*[[79th Medical Wing]], 12 May 2006 – 1 April 2015
*[[316th Wing]], 1 June 2006 – 30 September 2010, 1 October 2020 – present
*[[11th Wing]], 1 October 2010 – 30 September 2020
*[[Air Force District of Washington]], 1 May 2007 – present
*[[U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] Headquarters

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== Airlines ==
Sun Country Airlines, Delta, and various other scheduled airlines can be seen occasionally flying into ADW for para-military charters, however as of February 2025, scheduled flights out of Andrews Air Force Base are not available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2025 |title=Cheap Flights from Andrews Air Force Base Airport (ADW) |url=https://www.expedia.com/lp/airports/adw/flights-from-andrews-air-force-base-airport |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Expedia}}</ref> <!-- According to Expedia, no flights are available. The previous version stated that Delta and Sun Country currently fly out of ADW, however, were linked to flightradar24's social media page, and were simply one-off flights. A closer search on the official FR24 site and various other tracking and booking websites show that there are no current scheduled destinations out of ADW and simply redirects you to either DCA or IAD.   -->

== Joint Base Andrews ==
[[File:US Navy 040514-N-0295M-005 An aerial view of Andrews Air Force Base flight line during the first day of the 2004 Joint Service Open House.jpg|thumb|right|Overview of Andrews flight line]]
{{Main|Joint Base Andrews}}
The base is widely known for serving as the home base of two [[Boeing VC-25]]A aircraft which use the call sign [[Air Force One]] while the [[President of the United States]] is onboard.<ref name="air force one2">[http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9834 Factsheets : Presidential Airlift Group (AMC) ''United States Air Force''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530200840/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9834|date=30 May 2013}}</ref> The [[Boeing C-32]]A, which is used by the Vice President of the United States, is also based at Andrews.

The host at Andrews is the [[11th Wing]] (11 WG), assigned to the [[Air Force District of Washington]]. The 11 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).

See [[Joint Base Andrews]] for a list of units and aircraft now based at the installation.

==Geography==
Andrews Air Force Base is located at {{Coord|38|48|13|N|76|52|17|W|type:city}} (38.803490, −76.871508),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date=12 February 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> a few miles southeast of [[Washington, D.C.]] near the town of [[Morningside, Maryland|Morningside]] in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]]. It is delineated as a [[census-designated place]] by the [[United States Census Bureau]]. The CDP has a total area of {{convert|18.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|17.9|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.51%, is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Andrews AFB CDP, Maryland |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=15 December 2011 }}</ref>

There are two runways on the base; the western runway is {{convert|11300|ft}} in length, and the eastern runway is {{convert|9750|ft}} in length. Two additional runways have been removed, including a minor third runway between the two main runways, and a small T-shaped runway which was closed and demolished by 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=andrews%20air%20force%20base&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl |title=andrews air force base - Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
| align-fn = center
| 1970 = 6418
| 1980 = 10064
| 1990 = 10228
| 2000 = 7925
| 2010 = 2973
| 2020 = 3025
| estyear = 
| estimate = 
| estref = 
}}For statistical purposes the base is delineated as a [[census-designated place]] (Andrews AFB CDP) by the U.S. Census Bureau. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the resident population was 3,025.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrews AFB CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2401450|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref>

=== 2020 census ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Andrews AFB CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Andrews AFB CDP, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2401450&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Andrews AFB CDP, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2401450&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,664
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,355
|55.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44.79%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|637
|style='background: #ffffe6; |758
|21.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.06%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|70
|style='background: #ffffe6; |152
|2.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.02%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|143
|style='background: #ffffe6; |232
|4.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.67%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|417
|style='background: #ffffe6; |478
|14.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.80%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,973'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''3,025'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

=== 2000 Census ===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=31 January 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,925 people, 1,932 households, and 1,864 families residing in the [[Census-designated place|CDP]]. The population density was {{convert|1,158.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,133 housing units at an average density of 311.9 sq&nbsp;mi (120.4/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the base was 65.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 22.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 8.7% of the population.

There were 1,932 households, out of which 75.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 86.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 3.5% were non-families. 3.2% of all households were made up of individuals, none of whom was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.39 and the average family size was 3.44.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 35.0% under the age of 18, 16.3% from 18 to 24, 44.9% from 25 to 44, 3.6% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.0 males.

The median income for a household in the base was $44,310, and the median income for a family was $42,866. Males had a median income of $27,070 versus $27,308 for females. The per capita income for the base was $16,520. About 2.6% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including of the total population, 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older.

==Motor sports==
[[File:Andrews_AFB_circuit_1954.png|thumb|Andrews AFB race track (1954)]]
On 2 May 1954, sports car races were held at the base,<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Neil|first=Terry|title=Runways & Racers: Sports Car Races Held on Military Airfields in America 1952–1954|year=2011|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|location=United States|isbn=9781845842550|page=208}}</ref> using a 4.3-mile (6.9&nbsp;km) circuit made up of runways and other access roads.<ref>{{cite web|last=Galpin|first=Darren|title=Andrews Airforce Base|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/dc.html|work=silhouet.com|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref>

==Education==
{{main|Joint_Base_Andrews#Facilities_for_residents}}

==See also==
* [[List of United States Air Force installations]]
* [[Maryland World War II Army Airfields]]

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==References==
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<ref name=Mueller>{{Cite report |last=Mueller |first=Robert |year=1989 |chapter=Andrews Air Force Base |title=Air Force Bases |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARohGwYMZDwC&q=3933%20%22Radar%20Bomb%20Scoring%22&pg=PA372 |volume=I: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 |publisher=Office of Air Force History |isbn=0-912799-53-6 |access-date=15 August 2013 |quote='''Major Off-Base and Detached Installations:''' ... Salisbury MAP (aka Chincoteague Aux Fld; Salisbury Outlying Fld), 5 mi ESE of Salisbury, MD, 8 Feb 1943-5 Jun 1944}}{{Dubious|reason=The claim that Salisbury MAP was an 8 February 1943 sub-base of Camp Springs Air Base while Camp Springs was itself a sub-base of Baltimore AAF is questionable.|date=October 2013}}</ref>
}}

==Attribution==
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==External links==
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