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  • Joint Chiefs of Staff recognizes JB MDL Airmen

    U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Airmen at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 7, 2021. Milley spoke to Airmen who were instrumental to the Operations Allies Refuge and Allies Welcome.

  • AMC discusses innovation embedded in 305th MXG

    Dr. Albert Lowas, Air Mobility Command chief scientist, visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to meet with 305th Maintenance Group leadership and discuss current innovations happening within the unit.

  • 305th APS Airmen streamline vehicle inspection process

    Gone are the days of 305th Aerial Port Squadron Airmen manually completing vehicle inspections. The unit’s innovative spirit has led them to seek a more modern process with the Real-time Hybrid Internet of Things Networked Operations (RHINO) application.The 305th APS collaborated with the Air Force

  • 305th AMW provides Swift Response during NATO exercise

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing participated in Swift Response 21, the first in a series of exercises associated with DEFENDER-Europe 21, May 7. The 305th AMW was pivotal in providing more than 470,000 pounds of fuel to multiple aircraft that supported various aspects of the exercise.

  • 305th MXS trains battle-ready Airmen

    The 305th Maintenance Squadron partnered with an instructor from Hill Air Force Base, Utah to host the first Aircraft Battle Damage Evaluator course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 15-19.The ABDE course equipped eight students with knowledge to make quick repairs, efficiently

  • Joint efforts propel Thule AB toward new normal

    The 87th Medical Group and the 305th Aerial Port Squadron contributed joint efforts to support Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst’s first transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine to Thule Air Base, Greenland, Jan. 13.In compliance with the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine operations, the units

  • Aircraft Structural Maintenance create parts to keep aircraft flying

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Armani Everson, 305th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight aircraft structural maintenance journeymen, cuts into a piece of titanium used for aircrafts on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 16, 2019. Utilizing various methods, aircraft structural

  • 305th AMW Airmen fuel Polar Roar

    Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing here took part in a strategic bomber assurance and deterrence operation that involved multiple NATO allies and partners called Polar Roar on July 31. Four KC-10 Extenders from here refueled three B-52 Stratofortresses from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota,

  • Greatest generation visits MDL

    Sol Goldstein’s story begins in a humble Jewish home in Baltimore during the height of the Great Depression in 1923. He and his brother spent their youth fighting anti-Semitic bullies, in and out of school. The fighting spirit he picked up spurred his enlistment into the U.S. Army during World War