To: Spook86
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.
65 posted on
02/25/2002 10:06:27 AM PST by
vin-one
To: vin-one
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).
152 posted on
02/26/2002 6:09:45 AM PST by
Spook86
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