User:Pmsyyz/89th Operations Support Squadron
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The 89th Operations Support Squadron (89 OSS) is a United States Air Force unit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, provides mission support including intelligence, weather, airfield operations, mission operations, current operations, operational training, and flight management. Airfield operations manages the nation's executive airfield which includes two major runways, and coordinates operations with nine partner flying units from all the military services, including active, guard and reserve; and the Department of Energy, Maryland State Police, and Civil Air Patrol. The flight management section is the largest in the Air Force. The unique mission operations section conducts mission planning, coordinates en route support and gains diplomatic clearances for hundreds of missions each year. The current operations flight provides operational scheduling and command and control of all SAM aircraft in harmonization with Andrews Command Post and the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Special Missions Office. It is part of the 89th Operations Group and the 89th Airlift Wing.