The 89th Airlift Wing is one of 17 Air Force active duty wings assigned to Air Mobility Command and is a tenant unit based at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The 89th AW provides global Special Air Mission airlift, logistics, aerial port and communications for the president, vice president, cabinet members, combatant commanders and other senior military and elected leaders as tasked by the White House, Air Force chief of staff and AMC.
The 316th Civil Engineer Squadron and contract workers relocated a static U.S. Air Force Lockheed JetStar C-140B display aircraft to its new location alongside the 89th Airlift Wing headquarters building at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 17-18, 2023.
New C-37B aircraft's tail number designated 1941 in tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, the U.S. militaryβs first Black pilots, who were founded in 1941.