The 11th Wing Welcome Guide is published by Comprint Military Publications, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with the 11th Wing, Bolling AFB, D.C. This guide is an unofficial authorized publication for members of the military services, civilian employees and their families. Contents of this guide are not necessarily the official view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of Defense, or the Department of the Air Force.
Made up of five concentric rings and five stories, the Pentagon sits on
29 acres of Virginia near the Potomac River. While the huge building's circumference is just under a mile, its design enables those working in the building to go from one point to any another point in just under 10 minutes.
While the last fixed-wing aircraft left Bolling in 1962, the names mentioned in the history of Bolling AFB read like the who's who of early aviation: Charles “Lucky Lindy“ Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, H.H. “Hap“ Arnold, Jimmy Doolittle, Ira C. Eaker and Wiley Post.
The mission of “The Chief's Own“ is operations support, but the diversity of the 11th Wing's functions is what makes it unique. A world-class organization with world-class people focusing on wartime readiness and wartime customer support.
