The 316th Wing is responsible for maintaining emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift and other National Capital Region contingency response capabilities critical to national security, and for organizing, training, equipping and deploying combat-ready forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Forces (AEFs).

In August 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the Secretary of War to acquire land to build a military airfield at the present site of Joint Base Andrews, with construction beginning later that year.

Andrews was best known for its special air mission role, the transportation of senior government and military leaders.

The port of entry and departure for dignitaries transferred to Andrews AFB in 1959, with Detachment 1 of the 1254th Air Transport Group receiving its first jet aircraft, a Boeing VC-137 Stratoliner the same year.

[6] In April 1972, the Naval Air Reserve was reorganized into two tactical carrier wings (CVW-20 and CVW-30) with supporting transport and patrol squadrons.

[6] In 1989, the Secretary of the Navy signed a new 25-year permit granting NAF Washington continued use of land on Andrews AFB.

[7] By October 2006, Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Anacostia merged with NAF Washington.

With this merger, NAF assumed the additional title of Naval District Washington Reserve Component Command.

[7] In May 2005, several recommendations relating to Andrews AFB were made by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission.

[8] BRAC also recommended relocating several offices of the Secretary of the Air Force to Andrews from leased office space in Arlington, Virginia, thereby reducing reliance on leased space and increasing the security of those activities by locating them within a military installation.

[25] For statistical purposes the base is delineated as a census-designated place (Andrews AFB CDP) by the U.S. Census Bureau.

[29] Joint Base Andrews CDP is served by the Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS).

[39] A variety of presentations from military services and other organizations included the KC-135, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress,[40] and the UH-1N Iroquois.

The new JBA logo project was led and chiefly designed by Senior Airman Dan Burkhardt with important contributions by Mr. Dean Markos, who were both serving the Air Force in the 11th Wing Public Affairs office.

The new logo was re-designed with a flatter, more modern design aesthetic that could comfortably occupy a number of different mediums, from mobile apps, to installation trucks and signs.