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Coordinates (Air Base) (Army Base) (Naval Station): Type: US military Joint Base: Site information; Owner: Department of Defense: Operator: US Air Force: Controlled by: Air Mobility Command (AMC): Condition: Operational: Website: www.jbmdl.jb.mil: Site history; Built: 1916 (as Camp Kendrick) 1917 (as Camp Dix) 1937 (as Fort Dix Airport): In use: 2009 () – present (as Joint Base): Garrison ...
McGuire Air Force Base was established as Fort Dix Airport in 1937 and first opened to military aircraft on 9 January 1941. On 13 January 1948 the United States Air Force renamed the facility McGuire Air Force Base in honor of Major Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr., (1920–1945).
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in New Jersey (5 P) Pages in category "Military installations in New Jersey" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
A New Jersey air base said it has experienced multiple drone incursions this year by contraband smugglers attempting to sneak various items into a federal prison at the military installation.. A ...
When it was consolidated with McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix in October 2009, it became the naval component of JB MDL — a United States Air Force–controlled installation — and was placed under the 87th Air Base Wing. However, as with all joint bases, the installation receives support services from the previous installation authorities.
Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7; Military Airfields in World War II - New Jersey
627th Air Base Group US Army operated joint base. The 62nd Airlift Wing and 446th Airlift Wing operate the C-17A Globemaster III. The Washington Air National Guard operates the Western Air Defense Sector. [35] Little Rock Air Force Base: Jacksonville: Arkansas
The 177th Fighter Wing has dual federal (USAF augmentation) and state (support to New Jersey) missions. It carries out Homeland Security air defense missions under the control of the Eastern Air Defense Sector, part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command for peacetime air sovereignty, air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations. [2]