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spook, wouldn't Andrews Airforce base serve, the D.C. area.
I do know they have some Navy stuff going on at Andrews. thought you might be in the know.

Andrews is home of the 89th Military Airlift Wing, which operates Air Force One and provides VIP airlift for the President, VP, members of Congress and other government officials. I don't think any fighters are permanently based there, although some might be sitting alert after 9/11--I'll defer to anyone who is stationed there, or has better knowledge of what's on the ramp at Andrews--other than the VIP aircraft mentioned previously. Again, in my experience, Andrews never had an AD alert mission; historically, the D.C. area has been covered by Vermont ANG F-16s on alert at Langley AFB (Hampton, VA), and Atlantic City, NJ (NJ ANG).