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Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL) is a United States military facility located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Trenton, New Jersey.The base is the only tri-service base in the United States Department of Defense and includes units from all six armed forces branches.
McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the combination of facilities of different armed services that were close to one another. As a result, Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst was established in central New Jersey from the former McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst.
A spokesperson for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which houses FCI Fort Dix prison, told Fox News Digital measures were in place to "detect, respond to and deny unauthorized drone use over our ...
The group is the flying component of the 514th Air Mobility Wing.The group flies aircraft assigned to the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing, also based at McGuire.The 514th shares the responsibility of maintaining and flying the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.
Afghan refugees walk through an Afghan refugee camp at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst in New Jersey, on September 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP/File)
A joint base (JB) is a base of the armed forces of the United States utilized by multiple military services; one service hosts one or more other services as tenants on the base. In most cases, joint bases have interservice support agreements (ISSAs) to govern how the host provides services to the tenants.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam – located 11 kilometers (7 miles) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii; Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst – located 29 kilometers (18 miles) south of Trenton, New Jersey; Joint Base Charleston – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of North Charleston, South Carolina