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Andrews Air Force Base is located at (38.803490, −76.871508), [19] a few miles southeast of Washington, D.C. near the town of Morningside in Prince George's County, Maryland It is delineated as a census-designated place by the United States Census Bureau .
In 1950, the Air Force renamed the base Dobbins Air Force Base in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins of Marietta, a World War II transport pilot. Captain Dobbins died near Sicily on July 11, 1943, when US Navy gunners who had earlier suffered a Luftwaffe (German air force) attack mistakenly downed his C-47.
Camp Springs became Andrews Field on 2 May 1945 to honor one of the Air Force's founders, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews. Shortly after the Air Force became a separate service in 1947, the base's name changed to Andrews Air Force Base. [4] Lockheed VC-121E Super Constellation '53-7885' Colombine III at Andrews AFB during 1960
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. 514th Air Mobility Wing (C-17A, KC-46A) Associate unit with 305th Air Mobility Wing McGuire Air Force Base, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. 624th Regional Support Group (PACAF) Hickam AFB, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. 911th Airlift Wing (C-17A) Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station ...
All worldwide receiving and transmitting sites in the HFGCS system are remotely controlled from Andrews Air Force Base and Grand Forks Air Force Base. Before 1 October 2002 it was known as the Global High Frequency System (GHFS).
General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (formerly Naval Air Station Atlanta) is a military facility located 1-mile (1.6 km) south of Marietta, Georgia, United States.
The second predecessor of the squadron was activated at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on 1 April 1975 as the 1402nd Military Airlift Squadron and assigned to the 89th Military Airlift Wing. [1] The 1402nd was one of the squadrons formed when the Air Force decided to consolidate its administrative airlift fleet under Military Airlift Command ...
This is a list of U.S. military prisons and brigs operated by the US Department of Defense for prisoners and convicts from the United States military. Current military prisons [ edit ]