News

  • Pilot for a Day delivers aviation dreams

    Carolyn Shaffer, pilot for a day, smiles as she observes a security forces demonstration April 28, 2017, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Shaffer is diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia and is the 20th pilot for a day. Pilot for a Day is a program which grants children who are diagnosed with cancer

  • JBA members lend a hand for Earth Week

    Base members participated in several events in celebration of Earth Week and Arbor Day at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 17 through April 22, 2017.The week-long observance included a tree-planting ceremony, base clean-up, seed-planting, and more. “Earth Week is extremely important and I think we

  • AFRC, Navy team up for first-ever P-8A operational refueling mission

    Off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, amidst sunny April skies, boom operators with the 459th Air Refueling Wing peer out the boom-pod window of a KC-135R Stratotanker. Headed straight for them, at speeds nearing 350 miles per hour, is a gleaming-white, fixed-wing aircraft. As it gets

  • JBA raises sexual assault awareness, prevention

    Base leaders and community members gathered for the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month kick-off and proclamation signing April 6, 2017, at Joint Base Andrews.SAAPM is recognized every April to raise cognizance about sexual harassment and violence, and inform military members how to

  • Prince George’s County, JBA support aircraft incident

    Prince George’s County personnel and Joint Base Andrews members, came together as the first response team for the F-16C Fighting Falcon incident in Clinton, Md., April 5, 2017.“JBA is an integral part of Prince George’s County,” said Mark Brady, Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services

  • F-16C Aircraft Incident Recovery Operations

    Recovery operations are ongoing for the D.C. Air National Guard F-16C Fighting Falcon that crashed 5 April 2017. Presently, the Safety Investigation Board is assessing the crash site. This may last approximately 30 days, depending on circumstances surrounding the investigation. Once all necessary

  • ‘No Heat, No Cool’ starts soon

    The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron will initiate an installation-wide "No Heat, No Cool" period to assist switching heating, ventilation and air conditioning units from heating to cooling modes.  “No Heat, No Cool” will start April 15 with an approximate completion date of May 15, weather permitting.

  • Clean sweep for 459th LRS officers in 2016 AFRC awards

    Each year, Air Force Reserve Command aims to honor Citizen Airmen who best exemplify Air Force core values of integrity, service and excellence. Two Airmen from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here swept the 2016 AFRC Logistic Readiness category in the field grade and company grade officer

  • News Release: F-16 Incident

    A D.C. Air National Guard F-16C Fighter, assigned to the 113th Wing, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, crashed about 9:31 A.M. today approximately 6 miles from Joint Base Andrews, MD.  The aircraft was flying along with other DCANG aircraft in a routine training mission in the Greater Washington Area. The