459 ARW to host annual awards banquet

The 459th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeants Council is sponsoring the Annual Awards Banquet to be held at The Club at Andrews on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Lt. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, commander, Air Force Reserve Command, will be the keynote speaker and Command Chief Master. Sgt. Cameron B.

459th OSF turns into OSS

Lt. Col. Jerry Selig, witnesses the unfurling of the new colors for the 459th Operation Support Squadron, Dec. 14, 2013, during a unit redesignation ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Selig commands the 459 OSS, which previously held the name of the 459th Operation Support Flight. (U.S. Air Force

Honoring Dr. Nelson Mandela

Col. Bill Knight, 11th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander, and his wife Susan, wait to greet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Dec. 11, 2013. The President and first lady, along with former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, were returning to the states after

69 APS works with NASA to load satellite

Reservists from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here, and 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., assisted NASA for a special mission, Nov. 24. A 57,000- pound Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite was loaded by the reservists into a C-5M Super Galaxy and delivered to Kitakyushu Airport in

Pilot for life: 8-year-old boy gets wish of being a pilot

Team Andrews hosted its annual Pilot for a Day Program here, Nov.22. On April. 22, 2013, Ne'Veah Littleton, 8-years-old, was diagnosed with stage four Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, which is a tumor on the brain stem. The average survival of children diagnosed with DIPG is approximately nine

459 ARW Spouse collects donations for relief efforts in the Philippines

A 459th Air Refueling Wing Spouse is doing her part for the relief efforts for the Philippines here, Nov. 21. Marieta Manio-Brown, a native to the Philippines, is working with other members on Joint Base Andrews, Md., to collect donations for those who are recovering in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

69 APS gets new commander

The 69th Aerial Port Squadron held a change of command here, Nov. 17. Maj. Robert Hamilton assumes command of the 69 APS from Lt. Col. Bruce Carper, who is now serving as the 512th Mission Support Group commander at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Prior to taking command of the 69 APS, Hamilton filled

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New chaplain arrives at wing

Chaplain, Major Joshua Kim is currently a traditional reservist (Cat A) assigned as the Wing Chaplain to the 459th Air Reserve Wing, here. Prior to his Reserve commission, Kim was assigned at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. from 2004-2008 as a Protestant Chaplain. His first tour as a reserve Chaplain was

2014 Joint Service Open House Cancelled

In accordance with the Department of Defense's fiscal year 2014 community outreach plan, the Joint Service Open House scheduled for May 2014, also known as the Andrews Airshow, has been cancelled. "We will miss the interaction that JSOH allowed us to have with our friends in the community, but this