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America's Oldest Airlift Squadron turns 90
October 10, 2023
Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 6th Airlift Squadron commemorate its 90th anniversary at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 5 Oct, 2023. The Airlift Squadron is the oldest in the Air Force and derives its nickname, the Bully Beef Express, from its days of delivering beef food rations to British and Australian soldiers during World War II.
The 305th AMW says 'Can Do' to Dock 46 Two-Bay Hangar
August 24, 2023
Joint Base Leadership and personnel attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s Dock 46 Two-Bay Hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 24 Aug. 2023. New Jersey 4th District Congressman Chris Smith addressed the audience on the strategic value the facility brings to the KC-46A Pegasus refueling mission. The event concludes four and a half years of planning and 240,650 accident-free man-hours after its initial groundbreaking on December 3, 2018. A military construction project valued at nearly $54 million, the hangar will serve as a mission-critical asset in the KC-46A Pegasus' ability to provide Rapid Global Mobility for the Joint Force.
SNCO Induction Ceremony 2023
August 3, 2023
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. selects assigned to McGuire Air Force Base participate in a Senior Noncommissioned Officer Induction Ceremony held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 28 August, 2023. The ceremony is a traditional right of passage used by SNCO's to convey to newly promoted Sergeant's the special pride felt when a service member enters the highest echelon of the NCO Corps.
305th AMW SERE Operations conducts Water Survival Preparation
June 21, 2023
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Operations, pose for a photo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 15 June, 2023. The 305th SERE Operations Team won the 2022 AMC SERE Specialist, Trailblazer and Program of the year awards. Additionally, the team recently partnered with Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., to provide aircrew with realistic scenarios where flight crews must work together in order to survive a potential aircraft crash in the ocean. Exercises like this help build interoperability and standardized training capabilities throughout different service branches and our allied partners.
The 305th AMW flies last sortie with the KC-10
May 11, 2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Alicia Canetta, 305th Air Mobility Wing pilot, poses for a flight line photo on 11 May, 2023 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Canetta is a part of the last crew to fly a local KC-10 Extender sortie from the 305th AMW. The 305th AMW extends America's global reach by generating, mobilizing and deploying KC-10 Extenders and C-17 Globemaster III’s to conduct strategic airlift and air refueling missions worldwide. In November 2021, the Wing began transitioning to the new KC-46A Pegasus air refueling aircraft.
305th AMW Wing Photos 2023
May 10, 2023
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing pose for a flight line photo on 10 May, 2023 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The 305th AMW extends America's global reach by generating, mobilizing and deploying KC-10 Extenders and C-17 Globemaster III’s to conduct strategic airlift and air refueling missions worldwide. In November 2021, the wing began transitioning to the new KC-46A Pegasus air refueling aircraft. Additionally, the Wing operates two of America's largest strategic aerial ports supporting the delivery of cargo and personnel to combatant commanders abroad.
305th MXG hosts annual Knucklebuster Awards Banquet
May 8, 2023
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst attend the Knucklebuster award banquet on 6 May, 2023 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The Knucklebuster award banquet is an annual Air Force-wide event that recognizes the maintenance career field's best maintainers and leaders. Open to families, the banquet also functions as a social event where various forms of official military uniforms both past and present, are allowed to be worn.
From Egypt to New Egypt, One Airman's Pursuit of Happiness and the American Dream
April 21, 2023
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marian Tawfik, 305th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, in-processes travelers at the 305th APS Passenger Terminal on 19 April, 2023, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Tawfik, an immigrant from Minya, Egypt, won a work Visa through the U.S. Embassy lottery and eventually attained her citizenship in the United States.
Generating Airpower: I spy with NDI
March 8, 2023
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Building Relationships, and Ordnance...
January 4, 2023