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305th AMW's last KC-10 Extender returns from EUCOM
May 26, 2022 — The return marks an end to Joint Base MDL EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW... MORE

An aircrew from the 305th Air Mobility Wing pose for a photo in front of the wing’s last KC-10 Extender to return from the U.S. European Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022. The return marks an end to EUCOM aerial refueling support for KC-10 Extenders assigned to the 305th AMW.

McGuire's last KC-10 Extender returns from CENTCOM
April 21, 2022 — McGuire AFB's last KC-10 Extender returned from Central Command, marking an end to over thirty years of air refueling support provided to the U.S. and coalition partners through both peace and war, beginning with Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990-91, through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and punctuated by Operation Allies Refuge in 2021-22... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron pose for a photo in front of the last KC-10 Extender from Central Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Apr. 19, 2022. The return marks an end to over thirty years of air refueling support provided to the U.S. and coalition partners through both peace and war, beginning with Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990-91, through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and punctuated by Operation Allies Refuge in 2021.

305th AMW conducts training mission during RE22
April 7, 2022 — Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing conducted a KC-10 refueling training mission during a readiness exercise on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Apr. 5, 2022. Training exercises reinforce Airmen readiness and deliberately strengthen Air Mobility Command’s warfighting culture in order to provide unrivaled Rapid Global Mobility capable of protecting and sustaining the Joint Force... MORE

32nd ARS provides fuel to Navy
February 2, 2021 — Airmen assigned to the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron fly in a KC-10 Extender assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 27, 2021. The 32nd ARS refueled F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to the U.S. Navy. Without the refueling capability of the KC-10, the F/A-18’s would not have enough fuel to complete their training exercise... MORE

Photo of Airmen flying in a KC-10 Extender.

305th AMW Airmen fuel Polar Roar
August 3, 2016 — Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing here took part in a strategic bomber assurance and deterrence operation that involved multiple NATO allies and partners called Polar Roar on July 31. Four KC-10 Extenders from here refueled three B-52 Stratofortresses from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, near the North Pole to enable the bombers to... MORE

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The rapid global mobility and air refueling capabilities of Air Mobility Command and the 305th Air Mobility Wing, ensured the B-52’s were able to complete their mission.