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  • Local youth donates 3,000 comic books to servicemembers

    In a heartwarming display of generosity, 10-year-old Carl Scheckel donated his collection of comic books to servicemembers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst during April, 2017.   Carl donated 3,000 comic books to the Joint Base with hopes that they will be delivered to men and women serving our

  • AMC Test and Evaluation Squadron conducts benchmark

    AMC Test and Evaluation Squadron (AMCTES) conducted a benchmark C-5M Cybersecurity Adversarial Assessment, becoming the first test of this kind conducted on an AMC aircraft, and among the first conducted on any Air Force Major Weapons System.  AMCTES Test Directors coordinated the development of

  • CRW makes history at Combined, Joint TD exercise

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in an exercise making history in what will go down as a first for the CRW.Approximately 60 Airmen from the 621st CRW stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, along with approximately 30 U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 689th Rapid

  • Airmen repair KC-10 Extender fuel tanks

    Airmen with the 305th Maintenance Squadron maintain the massive tanks on the KC-10 Extender fleet at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.   The KC-10 Extender can store up to 365,000 pounds of fuel in cells located throughout both the fuselage and wings of the aircraft. That’s the equivalent of about

  • Joint Base MDL hosts one-of-a-kind WAREX

    Civic leaders and members of the local community joined joint base leadership for the Warrior Exercise 17 distinguished visitor day here, Mar. 20.  With over 50 units participating in the WAREX from Mar. 13-21, visitors were given an inside look at the joint service training as it transitions into

  • Fire Emergency Services Spring Clean Up Tips

    It's that time of year again! Spring is here so it's time to clean out all of that clutter that has accumulated over the winter months. Longer days of sunshine and warmer temperatures will give people more time to spend outside with family and friends. To make this spring safe and enjoyable there

  • Taking flight to new training

    Early in the morning February 9, 2017, in an unusual evolution,  a C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron and a KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron took off together from Joint Base Charleston enroute to a first of its kind training opportunity at the United States Air

  • Joint Base hosts technology expo

    Over 50 different companies with specialties ranging from 3-D printing to drone piloting, participated at the 2017 Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Technology Expo on March 9. The free expo is hosted annually to provide servicemembers a glimpse into some of the developing technologies that could

  • AFE cleans aircrew

    Aircrew Flight Equipment put together an Aircrew Contamination Control Area for crews landing in a simulated chemical environment during Crisis Response 17, here March 8.   C-17 Globemaster III crews and AFE teams from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, practiced critical skills needed in

  • MDL air power combined at Crisis Response 17

    In a small building on the Combat Readiness Training Center here, leaders from across the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 87th Air Base Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing and 514th Air Mobility work around the clock.   For the past six months, their job has been to work closely with the Joint Base MDL