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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

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Snow-thing can stop Team MDL

Vince White, 305th Maintenance Group Transient Alert aircraft servicer, de-ices a C-17 Globemaster in preparation for flight during Winter Storm Thor March 5, 2015 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The aircraft landed at JB MDL on its way back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Members of both joint bases worked together to prepare the aircraft to fly safely in the storm. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Katherine Tereyama/RELEASED)

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Snow-thing can stop Team MDL

Published March 6, 2015
By Staff Sgt. Katherine Tereyama
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- From the 87th Civil Engineer and Security Forces Squadrons to the 305th Maintenance Group and 8th Airlift Squadron, personnel from two joint bases worked together during Winter Storm Thor March 5, 2015 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Dirt Boys, police officers, aircraft maintainers and pilots braved the wind and snow to get the base back to mission ready and aircraft launched.

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