Unit of US Air Force responsible for presidential and other top governmental official transport
89th Airlift Wing
USAF VC-25 flying over Mount Rushmore
Active
1949–1951 1952–1957 1966–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Special Air Mission Airlift
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Eighteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ
Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Motto(s)
Experto crede (Latin: "Trust one who has had experience"[1])
Engagements
Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[2]
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Angela F. Ochoa[3]
Notable commanders
Arthur Lichte Jacqueline Van Ovost
Insignia
89th Airlift Wing emblem (approved 15 September 1993)[2]
89th Military Airlift Wing emblem (approved 22 June 1989)[1]
Patch with 89th Military Airlift Wing emblem (approved 28 April 1966)[4][note 1]
Patch with 89th Fighter-Bomber Wing emblem (approved 12 March 1953)[5]
Military unit
The 89th Airlift Wing of the United States Air Force is based at Joint Base Andrews and has an operational force of over 1,000 personnel. The 89th provides global Special Air Mission (SAM) airlift, logistics, aerial transport and communications for the president, vice president, combatant commanders, senior leaders and the global mobility system as tasked by the White House, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Air Mobility Command.
^ abEndicott, p. 207
^ abLahue, Melissa (3 March 2022). "89 Airlift Wing (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^"Joint Base Andrews Leadership". Andrews Air Force Base. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^Ravenstein, pp. 122-123
^Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 154-155
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