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  • Red Ribbon Week is Oct. 23-31

    More than two decades ago, Congress developed Red Ribbon week to teach the nation's youth about the dangers of drug use, encouraging a productive drug-free life.  Red Ribbon Campaign has grown and now impacts millions of Americans like no other drug prevention movement in history. This year, Red

  • Historical McGuire aircraft undergoes renovation

    The traffic circle at the McGuire passenger terminal buzzed with new activity Oct. 23 as Airmen from the 305th and 514th maintenance group prepared to clip the wings off the C-118 Liftmaster that has guarded the entrance to the terminal since 1982. The maintenance groups on McGuire have set out to

  • “Ghost Hunters” invade Lakehurst

    A production crew from the SyFy Channel's television series, "Ghost Hunters," arrived at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in early October to film an episode of the show. A crew of 17 descended on Lakehurst's Hangar 1 - the Hindenburg crash site - as well as the Branch Medical Clinic. They were out

  • 6th Airlift Squadron deploys, families bid farewell

    Family members were joined by 305th Air Mobility Wing and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership, as they bid farewell Oct. 26 to the 6th Airlift Squadron Airmen departing for Operations IRAQI AND ENDURING FREEDOM. A farewell ceremony was held at the JB MDL Passenger Terminal to mark the

  • Contingency Response Airmen build partnership capability in Egypt

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing bolstered Egypt's ability to mobilize its troops by training twenty Egyptian Airborne soldiers on U.S. airlift operations and cargo loading procedures during this year's BRIGHT STAR exercise in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 9-21. As the U.S. Air Force builds