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Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located near Washington, D.C., most famous as the home base of Air Force One, the US President's transportation, but also the location of the 89th Airlift Wing[?] and other facilities.

The base is located a few miles southeast of Washington, in the state of Maryland. The US Census identifies it as a "town" named Andrews AFB, Maryland.

The base is often mentioned and seen in the news, because the President's trips, both domestic and foreign, almost always leave from and arrive at Andrews, the trip to and from the White House being by helicopter, so the photo-ops[?] of the President with Air Force One have Andrews in the background.

Andrews was originally "Camp Springs Army Air Base", and was renamed "Andrews Field" in 1945 after Frank Andrews[?], a pivotal figure in the development of the USAF who had died in 1943.

External link

Andrews AFB homepage (http://www.andrews.af.mil/)

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