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  • 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

  • 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.  

  • 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

  • AMC crew earns humanitarian award

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- An aircrew from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, was recognized at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference here Sept. 18, 2017.The aircrew, assigned to the 6th Airlift Squadron, received the Berlin Airlift Veterans Association Humanitarian

  • Can Do Wing aids Hurricane Harvey relief

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing deployed its first team to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts from Joint Base MDL, Aug. 30, 2017.The 305th AMW is known for Rapid Global Mobility and can get supplies anywhere in the world in a matter of hours, but sometimes they only need to be delivered

  • Total force Airmen work together to keep aircraft in the fight

    When Airmen deploy downrange, it’s not uncommon to see active duty, reserve and National Guard members working alongside each other from the flightline all the way to the dining facility.But you don’t have to travel that far to see total force integration happening on the flightline. 514th Air

  • Joint Base hosts JCOC, tells Air Force story

    Total force Airmen welcomed 44 visitors attending the 2017 Joint Civilian Orientation Conference here, Aug. 11, showcasing the joint base’s Rapid Global Mobility integration with the Air Force and greater Department of Defense.   The only outreach program sponsored by the Secretary of Defense, the

  • Special agents keep MDL safe from the inside out

    Working inside their brick-office building with blacked-out tinted windows, Office of Special Investigation agents carefully sift through a web of security information. These men and women, dressed in their business-casual attire, don’t look like your average service member, but they serve a crucial

  • Blood, Sweat and Grease: KC-10 AMU Airmen extend beyond expectations

    Although the KC-10 Extender’s primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters, while simultaneously carrying the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments.Its mission relies on much more than pilots and boom

  • ‘Can Do’ games, combat dining-out promote morale

    Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing here came together to celebrate wingmanship and promote morale with the “Can Do” Warrior Games and combat dining-out, July 28.   Just after dawn, teams of four took to the obstacle course on the Dix side of the installation and competed for the fastest time.