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  • Firefighters train daily to save lives

    When the bell rings and the alarm is sounded, the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst firefighters gear up and are out the door in a flash. People rely on these highly trained first responders for their firefighting and lifesaving skills – their teamwork, speed and training must be impeccable.   The

  • Joint Base electricians know watts up

    A recent power outage left parts of the Joint Base in the dark following an explosion at the main McGuire-Dix-side power station here, July 14.No one was injured in the incident, and 87th Civil Engineer Group officials are still investigating the cause of the explosion which was equivalent to a tank

  • ‘Can Do’ KC-10 fleet enables allied exercise Down Under

    Above the sapphire water of the Pacific Ocean, three KC-10 Extenders aircraft from bases in California and New Jersey fly in formation, preparing to deliver thousands of pounds of fuel to aircraft travelling across the planet’s largest body of water. From 20,000 feet, the clouds below look like a

  • Mobility partnerships move the mission at MDL

    Whether they are establishing a new airfield across the globe or providing humanitarian aid to impoverished nations – the Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing are often the first ones there.   The 621st CRW Airmen provide mission support to units all around the world at a moment’s notice.

  • MDL joins with local community to celebrate Tuskegee Airmen

    It was a full house at the Calvary Lighthouse Church in Lakewood, New Jersey, July 1, 2017, as patriots from all walks of life came together to celebrate the life of U.S. Air Force ret., Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., who passed away at 96 years old on June 19.   Watson Sr. volunteered to join the

  • Military Police celebrate reunion during Fort Dix centennial

    As the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community takes its time to celebrate the Camp Dix centennial, a group of U.S. Army veterans from the 511th, 412th and 532nd Military Police Company, 759th MP Battalion, recently reunited here to remember their time at the installation 40 years ago.   The

  • Aircrew Airmen train for the worst possible scenario

    The average Airman completes a variety of training throughout the year to stay proficient in their respective career fields, but aircrew members must go through unique training, like water survival. Survival, evasion, resistance and escape, or SERE specialists, gave water survival refresher training

  • Quiet professionals enable warfighters worldwide at JB MDL

    Tucked away in a corner, the building is unassuming. The generic sand colored brick stands in contrast with the pines on the edge of the installation.     Through the front office door and down the hall, the room opens into an enormous bay – an arena of readiness. The champions, grease-covered

  • 605th AMXS Airmen maintain aging refueling fleet

    The KC-10 Extender took its first flight in 1980, and it’s no secret that the Air Force’s premiere refueling aircraft has reached a venerable age. But, the aircraft’s long and rigorous service has taken its toll and round-the-clock maintenance is required to keep them airborne.  The dedicated

  • Holocaust survivor and liberator speak at Joint Base observance event

    From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany sought to cleanse the world of those they deemed beneath them.   The primary target of this aggression were the 9 million Jews in Europe. By the time the war was over, 6 million Jewish people, 66 percent of European Jews, and countless other ethnic minorities had been