Air Force District of Washington | |
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Active | 7 July 2005 – present 1 October 1985 – 15 July 1994 (38 years, 1 month) [1] |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Direct Reporting Unit |
Part of | Department of the Air Force (administrative chain of command) Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region (operational chain of command) |
Headquarters | Andrews Air Force Base, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. [2] |
Motto(s) | "Pride... Teamwork... Success" |
Anniversaries | 7 July |
Decorations | Air Force Organization Excellence Award [3] |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commander | Maj Gen Daniel A. DeVoe |
Deputy Commander | Col Aaron Guill |
Command Chief | CCM Charmaine N. Kelley |
The Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) is a Direct Reporting Unit of the United States Air Force. AFDW oversees Air Force operations in the Washington, D.C. region (also known as the "National Capital Region" or "NCR").
As a Direct Reporting Unit, AFDW is directly subordinate to the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, United States Air Force, and serves as the Air Force service component to the JFHQ-NCR. AFDW was originally headquartered on Bolling Air Force Base, but changed to Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington (JBA-NAFW).
AFDW originates back to the post-World War II era when Bolling Field Command was established on 15 December 1946. Bolling Field Command absorbed functions from various support organizations in the Washington, D.C. vicinity. [4] It was redesignated Headquarters Command, USAF, on 17 March 1958. When Headquarters Command, USAF, inactivated on 1 July 1976, many of its functions passed to Military Airlift Command. The Air Force District of Washington was constituted and activated, on 1 October 1985. it was inactivated on 15 Jul 1994, due to declining defense budgets. AFDW was reactivated on 7 July 2005, to realign the Air Force command structure in the NCR with the other military services, improve Air Force support to Joint Force Headquarters – National Capital Region (JFHQ-NCR).
AFDW oversees two wings and one group on JBA-NAFW: the 11th Wing, the 316 Wing and the 844th Communication Group. The 844th Communications Group have a specialized communications mission and serve as the central communications support group for the Air Force in the National Capital Region (NCR). The 316th Wing fulfills duties as the host base organization of Joint Base Andrews, while also supporting AFDW requirements. AFDW also supports airmen in more than 33,000 Airmen in over 200 locations in 108 countries. [5]
AFDW serves as the Air Force service component for coordination purposes to JTF-NCR and the supporting command to Joint Task Force National Capital Region. JTF-NCR has an emergency or major event operation 'mobilization' function as Joint Task Force-National Capital Region. Under the Joint Task Force NCR (JTF-NCR), the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing (320 AEW) activates and becomes the Air Force service component of JTF-NCR. The Commander of AFDW serves as the Commander, 320 AEW. Air Force Mission Directive 13 delineates missions and assigned duties applicable to AFDW in both its worldwide Air Force service role and its JTF-NCR Air Force service component role.
Air Force District of Washington comprises the following wings and major units. [6]
No. | Commander | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
1 | Brigadier General Edward N. Giddings (born 1935) | 1 October 1985 | November 1988 | ~ 3 years, 31 days | |
2 | Ralph R. Rohatsch Jr. (born 1940) | Brigadier GeneralNovember 1988 | July 1990 | ~ 1 year, 242 days | |
3 | James L. Vick (born 1943) | Brigadier GeneralJuly 1990 | ~ September 1992 | ~ 2 years, 62 days | |
4 | Colonel Stevan B. Richards | ~ September 1992 | 15 July 1994 | ~ 1 year, 317 days | |
5 | Duane A. Jones | Brigadier General7 July 2005 | 14 April 2006 | 281 days | |
6 | Major General Robert L. Smolen | 14 April 2006 | 29 June 2007 | 1 year, 76 days | |
7 | Frank Gorenc (born 1957) | Major General29 June 2007 | 6 August 2008 [7] | 1 year, 38 days | |
8 | Ralph J. Jodice II (born 1955) | Major General6 August 2008 | 18 November 2009 | 1 year, 104 days | |
9 | Darrell D. Jones | Major General18 November 2009 | 9 December 2010 | 1 year, 21 days | |
10 | Darren W. McDew (born 1960) | Major General9 December 2010 | 26 July 2012 | 1 year, 230 days | |
11 | Sharon K.G. Dunbar | Major General26 July 2012 | 22 July 2014 | 1 year, 361 days | |
12 | Darryl W. Burke | Major General22 July 2014 | 21 June 2017 | 2 years, 334 days | |
13 | James A. Jacobson | Major General21 June 2017 | 9 July 2019 | 2 years, 18 days | |
14 | Ricky Rupp | Major General9 July 2019 | 20 July 2021 | 2 years, 11 days | |
15 | Joel D. Jackson | Major General20 July 2021 | 6 September 2023 | 2 years, 48 days | |
16 | Major General Daniel A. DeVoe | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | 56 days |
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