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Air Force Reserve mobilizes medics to New York for COVID-19 response
April 5, 2020 — Within 48 hours of notification, the Air Force Reserve mobilized more than 120 medical personnel across the nation to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to help with the fight against COVID-19 in New York City... MORE

Reservists load into a C-5 Super Galaxy Aircraft to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.

JB MDL participates in New York Air Force Convention
May 7, 2019 — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan McManus, 87th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, demonstrates how a bite suit works at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during the Air Force Convention in New York City, May 4, 2019. Airmen assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Joint Base Charleston took part at AFCON, an event... MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan McManus, 87th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, demonstrates how a bite suit works at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during the Air Force Convention in New York City, May 4, 2019. Airmen assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Joint Base Charleston took part at AFCON, an event held on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum that focuses on total force Airmen telling the Air Force story through various global missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dylan Bolander)

K-9s strike a pose for local artists
September 7, 2018 — The Society of Illustrators hosted a public sketch night with the 87th Security Forces Squadrons military working dogs and their handlers at the Society of Illustrators Museum in New York, Aug. 30. Established in 1981, the society is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in America and held the K-9... MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Hopkins, 87th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, pets his K-9 Kira during a sketch night at the Society of Illustrators Museum in New York, Aug. 30, 2018. Hopkins spoke about Kira’s deployment and how she lost a toe on her front paw.