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305th Airmen work around the clock to fulfill Ukraine's Priority Security Assistance Package
August 23, 2022 — Airmen assigned to the 305th Aerial Port Squadron recently worked around the clock to fulfill a priority security assistance package for Ukraine. These CAN-DO Airmen delivered globally integrated installation mission support that enhanced readiness and lethality for Ukrainian warfighters. ... MORE

A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the Air Mobility Command, prepares to receive the upload of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System munitions at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 13, 2022. The munitions cargo is part of an additional security assistance package for Ukraine. The security assistance the U.S. is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matt Porter)

Reservists train with 305th Aerial Port Squadron
June 16, 2022 — The 305th Air Mobility Wing hosted reserve Airmen from Maxwell Air Force Base to complete their hands-on training as aerial port specialists on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey May 28 to June 11... MORE

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.

305 AMW sends NJ task force to Virgin Islands
October 6, 2017 — Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst partnered with the New Jersey State Police and Emergency Medical Services Task Force to transport first responders and equipment to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria, Oct. 1, 2017. This is the first time the NJ State Police and EMS... MORE

Water, food loaded onto C-130 at Dobbins, bound for Puerto Rico
October 5, 2017 — Hurricane relief efforts continued on the Dobbins flightline as forklifts and K-loaders loaded cases of water and ready-to-eat meals onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 4. Aerial porters from squadrons at Dover, March, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Westover worked together to load a Mansfield Air National Guard C-130 with a total of 23,390 pounds of food and... MORE

Staff Sgt. Kens Germain, an aerial porter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, positions a forklift to pick up a stack of ready-to-eat meals at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct. 4. A total of 23,390 pounds of food and water will be transported to Puerto Rico and distributed to those in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

MDL Airmen provide logistical support for operations overseas
June 7, 2017 — Airmen of the 305th Aerial Port Squadron enable the mission essential function of logistical support for servicemembers and their families throughout the world. The port is accountable for the careful packaging and handling of cargo consisting of furniture, base building supplies, weapons, aircraft parts and even entire vehicles. The 305th APS... MORE

Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron prepare a pallet of cargo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 2, 2017. Mission essential cargo assembled by the Airmen is stored in the warehouse here prior to being shipped overseas.