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  • Norcross visits JB MDL, speaks with service members

    Airman 1st Class Frank LeMarca, 2nd Aerial Refueling Squadron boom operator, explains the refueling process to Congressman Donald Norcross aboard a KC-10 Extender at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Oct. 20, 2017. Norcross was given a short tour of the airfield to learn of upcoming

  • AMCTES celebrates squadron 75th anniversary

    Commander, Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron, Lt. Col. Anthony M. Gurrieri hosted a squadron Dining Out  on Sept. 29 in celebration of the unit’s 75th anniversary, whose heritage dates back to the 33d Troop Carrier Squadron activated in 1942.  Eighty-four squadron members and their

  • New, improved dining facility opens at MDL

    Surrounded by fast food chains, limited food options on base, long lines and crowds can make lunchtime at Joint Base MDL a trying time.But for the members of Joint Base MDL, a healthier option is now available following the opening of the new dining facility on the Dix-side of the base.When both

  • 6th Airlift Squadron airlifts Airman, supplies to family in Puerto Rico

    On Sept. 6, Hurricane Irma ravaged the northeast side of Puerto Rico, leaving almost one million people without power. Weeks later, Hurricane Maria limited communications, uprooted trees and created a labyrinth of inaccessible roads and highways throughout the already devastated country. As the

  • Gold Star families honored with 11th annual ruck march

    Joint Base MDL hosted the 11th annual Gold Star Ruck March here, Oct. 7, 2017. The Gold Star Ruck March is an annual charity event benefiting Gold Star families across New Jersey. A Gold Star family is the family of a service member who has fallen while serving in the United States Armed Forces.“In

  • 305 AMW sends NJ task force to Virgin Islands

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst partnered with the New Jersey State Police and Emergency Medical Services Task Force to transport first responders and equipment to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria, Oct. 1, 2017.  

  • Water, food loaded onto C-130 at Dobbins, bound for Puerto Rico

    Hurricane relief efforts continued on the Dobbins flightline as forklifts and K-loaders loaded cases of water and ready-to-eat meals onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 4. Aerial porters from squadrons at Dover, March, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Westover worked together to load a Mansfield Air National Guard

  • 305th MXG improves C-17 engine change processes

    The 305th Maintenance Group, Boeing representatives and foreign partner nations United Kingdom and Australian military services joined together for a workshop at the C-17 Globemaster III Engine Change Lean Event here Sept. 18 – 22.The Boeing Sustaining Engineering and Fleet Performance Team

  • POWs honored at POW/MIA Recognition Day luncheon

    Men and women of Joint Base MDL came together to observe POW/MIA Recognition Day at Tommy B’s Community Activity Center, Sept. 14.Air Force Sergeants Association Garden State Chapter 211 held a hat laying ceremony and luncheon to honor two Vietnam prisoners of war, retired U.S. Air Force Pilot Lt.