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JB MDL conducts AFFORGEN exercise: Jersey Dawn 23
December 12, 2023 — Members assigned to units from across Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst participated in the Air Force Force Generation exercise Jersey Dawn 23, a seven-day training event held Dec. 4-10, 2023... MORE

Members from the 87th Air Base Wing board a C-17 Globemaster III during Jersey Dawn 23 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 7, 2023. Members assigned to several units across the joint base participated in the exercise, a six-day joint training event from Dec. 4-9, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aidan Thompson)

Air mobility wings reinforce airmen readiness during joint base exercise
April 4, 2022 — Airmen from the 87th Air Base Wing, 305th Air Mobility Wing and 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst concluded phase 1 of Readiness Exercise 2022, demonstrating their overall ability to deploy and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. ... MORE

Senior Airman Jesus Lopez-Rios, an aerial porter for the 305th Aerial Port Squadron, throws a net fastener over a cargo pallet during Readiness Exercise 2022 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, April 1, 2022. Readiness exercises demonstrate Air Mobility wings are ready to provide operationally ready, deliberately developed and professionally led Airmen to deploy and support operations in contested environments.

Fueling NORAD exercises and partnerships: 305AMW supports Amalgam Dart 21-2
April 6, 2021 — A KC-10 Extender from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, New Jersey participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command exercise Amalgam Dart 21-2, March 20-26... MORE

A United States Air Force KC-10 Extender gets refueled before heading to Thule, Greenland for Exercise AMALGAM DART 21-2, outside of Hangar 1, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on March 22, 2021.

108th Medical Group launches MEDEVAC TCCC training
November 18, 2020 — During MEDEVAC training, participants prepare to transport a mock patient out of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Babe Ruth field, Nov. 16, 2020 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. This training helps military personnel on how to transport patients in and out of moving vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney) MORE

Service members transport a patient out of a helicopter.

Success follows Fort Sill joint training exercise
November 8, 2019 — Airmen with the 6th Airlift Squadron assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey and Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment assigned to Fort Sill, Oklahoma conducted an air-ground joint training exercise on Fort Sill Nov. 5... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Shawn McDonald, 6th Airlift Squadron pilot, checks controls in the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Nov. 5, 2019. McDonald was preparing the aircraft before takeoff to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for a joint training exercise with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)

Fort Bragg Soldiers train for cold-weather conditions
January 28, 2019 — White clouds curled from their mouths as they steadied their breath, waiting for the cue to fire. A voice came over the radio of the Humvee saying “ready one.” Immediately, hot bullet casings fell from the gunner station and bounced around inside the HUMVEE. Even with five layers of military-grade cold-weather gear on, the Soldiers were... MORE

A Soldier assigned to the 2-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment checks a radio in a HUMVEE during the cold-weather gunnery qualification training on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Jan. 17, 2019. The team lost communication with the HUMVEE nearby and had to find a different channel in order to contact each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)

Army, Air Force performs HIMARS exercise in C-17
December 17, 2018 — U.S. Army and Air Force units performed an exercise loading 90 thousand pounds of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems onto a C-17 Globemaster III, here, Dec. 13, 2018.The 6th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base MDL and 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Bragg, North Carolina performed a joint mission exercise loading and... MORE

Joint Base MDL conducts mobility exercise
March 14, 2018 — Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst participated in an annual mobility exercise here from Feb. 28 to March 10 in order to hone their skillsets in a simulated deployed environment. The exercise was conducted at JB MDL and enabled the 87th Air Base Wing, 305th Air Mobility Wing and 621st Contingency Response Wing to focus on full spectrum... MORE

Mobility Guardian, AMC’s premier exercise
July 28, 2017 — Train like we fight is the focus of the inaugural iteration of the largest scale exercise that Air Mobility Command has ever undertaken. Mobility Guardian will feature over 3,000 personnel, including 25 international countries from July 31 to August 11 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. ... MORE

A loadmaster from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. loads cargo onto a C-17 July 23, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Eight Little Rock C-130Js will travel alongside the C-17 aircrew to participate in Mobility Guardian 2017, a massive joint exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Harry Brexel)