The Air National Guard Readiness Center (ANGRC) is based at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and performs operational and technical functions to ensure combat readiness of Air Force National Guard units and is a channel of communication between the National Guard Bureau and the states on Air Force National Guard operational activities.
The commander is responsible for four detachments and 23 operating locations with an authorized strength of 734 military and civilian personnel. Its mission is to provide service and support to the Air Force National Guard and help accomplish its total Air Force mission.
On June 1, 1979, ANGRC was constituted as a Direct Reporting Unit and assigned to the United States Air Force. The ANG Support Center was redesignated as a field operating agency of the National Guard Bureau in 1989.
In late 1990, the NGB at Andrews was redesignated as the Air National Guard Readiness Center.