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305th AMW hosts annual awards ceremony
March 4, 2024 — Joint service members assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing attended the wing's Annual Awards Ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 23, 2024. Award recipients were recognized for their exceptional performances throughout 2023... MORE

305th Air Mobility Wing squadron emblems are on display during the wing’s Annual Awards Ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 23, 2024. Award recipients were recognized for their exceptional performances throughout 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Monica Roybal)

Joint Base MDL conquers Bamboo Eagle 24-1
February 8, 2024 — Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, and the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, returned to their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Feb. 3, 2024, after completing the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California... MORE

A KC-46A Pegasus from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., sits on the flightline during the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024. Bamboo Eagle 24-1 is an operational implementation of multi-domain combat readiness training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Knox)

JB MDL Maintenance and Operations Personnel join forces for the 305th AMW 2022 Flight Safety Symposium
December 13, 2022 — For the first time, aircraft maintenance and flight operations personnel of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst came together for safety training at the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 2022 Flight Safety Symposium. The first annual two-day event taught active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Airmen from across the installation the standards and procedures of flight safety, as well as current and emerging challenges, while utilizing cross-communication techniques to prevent future safety incidents. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Crockett, 305th AMW Chief of Safety and his team hosted the Flight Safety Symposium on behalf of the 305th AMW commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Elizabeth Hanson. Crockett says the Commander’s intent was to foster safety cohesion across multiple installation wings and agencies, all of which share the installation and surrounding airspace together... MORE

Keith Taylor, 305th Operations Support Squadron McGuire airfield manager, speaks to Airmen at the symposium.

True North melds resiliency into 305th Maintenance Group
November 23, 2022 — In 2022, the 305th Air Mobility Wing was began establishing the True North initiative within the 305th Maintenance Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Gillispie, 305th Air Mobility Wing True North chaplain, and Tech. Sgt. Carlos Catalan, 305th AMW True North religious affairs superintendent, pose for a photo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 18, 2022. The True North initiative embeds a religious support team and mental health counselors in groups to decentralize resources available to Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sergio Avalos)

6th AS conducts ACE training to prepare for AFFORGEN transition on Joint Base MDL
August 30, 2022 — On August 24, Airmen from the 6th AS, 305th Air Mobility Wing conducted integrated training and utilized Agile Combat Employment concepts on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to prepare for Air Force Force Generation deployments. Exercising ACE elements enables our forces to operate with varying levels of capacity and support, to generate lethal combat power. The AFFORGEN model will increase high-end readiness necessary to deploy as cohesive units and deliver Rapid Global Mobility in support of combatant commanders, the Joint Force, and our allies and partners to meet National Defense Strategy requirements... MORE

Chief of Chaplains visits JB MDL
February 25, 2022 — Chaplain, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Chief of Chaplains, along with Chief Master Sgt. Natalie Gray, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Chaplain Corps senior enlisted advisor, spent Feb. 16 and 17 meeting and exchanging information with leaders and members across multiple organizations on Joint Base MDL... MORE

a photo of the Chief of Chaplains visiting JB MDL

Son of WWII 305th Bombardment Group flight engineer honors his father’s memory and the CAN DO Wing
November 22, 2021 — Rodney Jester, the son of World War II 305th Bombardment Group flight engineer, Tech Sgt. Edward Jester, made a visit to the 305th Air Mobility Wing headquarters, along with his wife, Sadie, to commemorate his father's wartime service under the CAN DO Wing, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 18, 2021. Stuart Lockhart, 305th AMW historian, welcomed the couple into the facility as he showed displays of Tech. Sgt. Jester's belongings, donated by his son, Rodney Jester, to preserve his legacy, his wartime service, and to inspire and inform today’s Airmen. Flying 29 combat missions from December 1943 to May 1944, Tech Sgt. Jester served with the 366th Bomb Squadron of the 305th BG CAN DO Group under the Eighth Air Force, “The Mighty Eighth,” based at Chelveston, England in the air war against Nazi Germany during that conflict... MORE

Son holds up a picture of his father, while serving in the military.

305th AMW takes off for Mobility Guardian
May 18, 2021 — The 305th Air Mobility Wing participated in Mobility Guardian, the Air Force’s largest and longest exercise, that ensures Air Mobility Command’s ability to provide Rapid Global Mobility... MORE

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing taxing on the flightline.

Detachment 1 helps BWI win ‘Best North American Airport of its size’
March 17, 2021 — The 305th Air Mobility Wing’s Detachment 1 received recognition for helping Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in being named the best North American airport in its size category for the 2020 Airport Service Quality Awards... MORE

The Detachment 1 team from the 305th Aerial Port Squadron is presented with a team award. Detachment 1 is a seven-member team that works at BWI as contract officer representatives for United States Transportation Command.

32nd ARS provides fuel to Navy
February 2, 2021 — Airmen assigned to the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron fly in a KC-10 Extender assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 27, 2021. The 32nd ARS refueled F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to the U.S. Navy. Without the refueling capability of the KC-10, the F/A-18’s would not have enough fuel to complete their training exercise... MORE

Photo of Airmen flying in a KC-10 Extender.