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  • Family, fun #1 mission during Family Day

    A family member of a 459th Air Refueling Wing member blows bubbles during Family Day at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 15, 2017. 459th members and their families were treated to a myriad of events and activities such as an aircraft tour, military working dog demonstration, moon bounce, sumo

  • Airmen inspire youths at career fair

    Master Sgt. Matt Oberlin, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, speaks with student attendees of the Virginia Department of Transportation Career Fair in Manassas, Va., Oct. 5, 2017. Wing members, including recruiters, AES nurses and technicians and a boom operator interacted with more than a

  • Reveille, Retreat etiquette

    Those new to the base may not be aware of some military traditions. Consequently, the expectations behind reveille and retreat and are worth revisiting.

  • 11th CES educates JBA during National Preparedness Month

    The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency managers educated Joint Base Andrews members on preparation for potential contingencies at the Base Exchange here, Sept. 22 to celebrate National Preparedness Month.

  • 'No Heat, No Cool' fall 2017

    The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron will initiate an installation-wide "No Heat/No Cool" period from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 2017 to assist in switching heating, ventilation and air conditioning units from cooling to heating modes.

  • JBA showcases air power for POTUS

    President Donald Trump visited Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to thank service members on behalf of the American people for their dedication to the nation, Sept. 15.

  • AROWS change improves visibility of operational requirements

    Beginning Oct. 1, a new data field will be added to the Air Reserve Orders Writing System that will be used primarily to track military personnel appropriation and other orders for operational requirements.This new field will be called Air Reserve Component Operational Requirements Tracker or

  • Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies

    For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S.Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the country are conducting weather

  • Air Guard and Reserve join forces to outrun Hurricane Irma

    Although not faced directly with Hurricane Irma’s dangerous effects, Airmen with the 459th Air Refueling Wing here had a positive impact on their National Guard counterparts who were in the storm’s path.   Prior to the monthly unit training assembly weekend, aircraft maintainers from the 459th ARW