Davison Army Airfield

{{Short description|Military airport in Fairfax County, Virginia, US}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

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| name = Davison Army Airfield

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| partof = Fort Belvoir

| location = Fairfax County, Virginia

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| country = the United States

| image = Army aviators fill Washington's skies 140604-A-NB363-356.jpg

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| caption = VH-60M Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters of the 12th Aviation Battalion lift off from Davison AAF during June 2014

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| caption2 = U.S. Army Military District of Washington

| type = Army Airfield

| coordinates = {{Coord|38|42|54|N|077|10|52|W|display=inline, title}}

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| ownership = Department of Defense

| operator = U.S. Army

| controlledby = Military District of Washington

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| built = {{Start date and age|1952}}

| used = 1952 – present

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| condition = Operational

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| garrison = The Army Aviation Brigade

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| website = {{Official website|https://mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/taab/home}}

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| ICAO = KDAA

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| elevation = {{cvt|22.4|m|0}}

| r1-number = 14/32

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| h1-number = H1

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| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{Cite web|url=https://adip.faa.gov/agis/public/#/airportData/daa|title=Airport Data – (DAA) Davison AAF|date=31 December 2020|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=11 January 2021}}

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Davison Army Airfield or Davison AAF {{airport codes|DAA|KDAA|DAA}} is a military use airport of the United States Army in Fairfax County, Virginia, serving adjacent Fort Belvoir.{{FAA-airport|ID=DAA|use=PR|own=MR|site=25775.01*A}}, effective 2009-07-02. Located {{convert|15|mi|0|spell=in}} southwest of Washington, D.C., the facility was named for noted World War II aviation engineer Brig. Gen. Donald Angus Davison.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/davison.htm Davison Army Airfield] at GlobalSecurity.org

The airfield provided support for Army One from 1957 to 1976 for presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. Its role of support for the presidential helicopter ended in 1976 when that responsibility was transferred entirely to the U.S. Marine Corps. The 12th Aviation Battalion (part of The Army Aviation Brigade, TAAB) now operates Davison AAF and the Pentagon helicopter pad. The battalion's 18 UH-60 Blackhawks, including four VH-60 models ("Gold Tops"), is responsible for priority regional transport for U.S. Army and Pentagon senior leadership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.taab.mdw.army.mil/about-aaog|title=The Army Aviation Brigade|access-date=2019-07-22|archive-date=2019-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722233755/https://www.taab.mdw.army.mil/about-aaog|url-status=dead}}

The Civil Air Patrol National Capitol Wing uses a small tower for use during exercises and flights, and bases their four Cessna 172 and 182s there.

A helicopter operating a training flight from Davison was involved in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision in late January.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-30 |title=Airliner, Army helicopter collide over Potomac River |url=https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/01/airliner-army-helicopter-collide-over-potomac-river/402608/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Defense One |language=en}}