10 Facts About Joint Base Andrews

Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Host at Joint Base Andrews is the 316th Wing, assigned to the Air Force District of Washington, which is headquartered at Joint Base Andrews.

Three other wings at Joint Base Andrews are the reserve 459th Air Refueling Wing, Air National Guard's 113th Wing and active duty 89th Airlift Wing.

Joint Base Andrews was best known for its special air mission role, the transportation of senior government and military leaders.

In 1958, when airspace around Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, D C became too crowded and Anacostia's runways were deemed too short, naval air activities were moved to Andrews Air Force Base to facilitate jet operations with a detachment of T-2V SeaStar jet trainers, the transfer being complete in December 1961.

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BRAC recommended relocating several offices of the Secretary of the Air Force to Joint Base Andrews from leased office space in Arlington, Virginia, thereby reducing reliance on leased space and increasing the security of those activities by locating them within a military installation.

Finally, the 844th Communications Group at Joint Base Andrews provides communications, information technology systems, services and management to the Department of the Air Force, AFDW, the National Military Command Center, and their tenant units.

Joint Base Andrews is situated a few miles southeast of Washington, D C near the town of Morningside.

Joint Base Andrews CDP is served by the Prince George's County Public Schools .

Installation commander of Joint Base Andrews approved a logo re-design in the spring of 2014, which aimed to improve the branding and the overall appearance of the installation across all platforms.