General Petraeus recognizes promotion of 305th AIr Mobility Wing pilot

Exercise tests Airmen with combat entry scenario

The mission is simple, or at least it seems to be: fly into enemy territory, drop equipment, supplies and soldiers of the 82nd Airborne, followed by another airland delivery of equipment once the dirt landing strip is ready. But just as a 100-piece jig-saw puzzle is nothing compared to one with

Interactive MatchUp game will award prizes up to $10,000

Called addictive and fun by participants, the interactive MatchUp game, which will award winners up to $10,000, returns to McGuire for its 10th summer. Sponsored by the Air Mobility Command and run by the 87th Forces Support Squadron here, MatchUp begins June 1 and ends Aug. 31, officials said.

This week in McGuire Air Force Base history

May 21, 1957: Lt. Col. Robinson Risner, Korean War ace and commander of the 34th Fighter Squadron, took off from McGuire Air Force Base on the 30th anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh's famous solo flight across the Atlantic, retracing the path of the legendary aviator in an F-100D Super Sabre,

Are you ready for the ORI? Inspection will test McGuire’s ability to operate in wartime

Members of the active-duty and Reserve Air Force community here have stepped up training as they prepare to showcase their abilities to operate in wartime conditions. Their efforts will culminate in June with an Operational Readiness Inspection, or ORI, in Alpena, Mich. An ORI assesses and measures