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  • 305th APS prepares for Hurricane Sandy

    Airmen from the 305th Aerial Port Squadron prepared the joint base Oct. 27 for Hurricane Sandy's forecasted arrival.The 305th APS team prepared pallets and vehicles for local storage or transport to other military installations while also preparing 20 aircraft for evacuation. "We have four main

  • 305th AMW evacuates aircraft ahead of Hurricane Sandy

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing evacuated its C-17 Globemaster IIIs and KC-10 Extenders from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst today in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy's arrival to the area.The C-17s were sent to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The KC-10 Extenders are

  • Air mobility response team repositions ahead of Hurricane Sandy

    A rapid-response team of U.S. Air Force air mobility specialists here are repositioning ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Sandy. Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing moved alert equipment and approximately 65 personnel to MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Fla. early today to maintain

  • JB MDL gears up for Hurricane Sandy

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst units began gearing up for the potential arrival of Hurricane Sandy with an Emergency Operations Center stand-up Oct. 26 here.The representatives collaborated to determine the precautions base officials must take to prepare the installation for the approaching

  • 621st CRW hones skills during Soaring Angel

    The men and women of the 621st Contingency Response Wing continue to respond effectively to crises in some of the most remote and austere areas of the globe. But what if that call is a request to open up a forward-operating base in the Middle East to assist follow-on forces responding to an increase

  • ORE brings reserve, active-duty Airmen together at JB MDL

    A group of six players act as upset civilians gathered outside the gate of a simulated base during an exercise Oct. 15 here. The group is acting like protestors who are unhappy with the Air Force being in their country. Fire department and security forces personnel arrive on scene to provide