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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.
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst: Rams: C-17 Globemaster III: AFRC: 757th Airlift Squadron: Youngstown ARS: Blue Tigers: C-130 Hercules: AFRC: 758th Airlift Squadron: Pittsburgh IAP: C-17 Globemaster III: AFRC: 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron: C-130J: Inactive 773rd Airlift Squadron: Youngstown ARS: Fleagles: C-130 Hercules: Inactive 774th ...
The Headquarters Element of MWSS 472 (-) is located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. In addition to serving as the squadron headquarters, it is also the primary site for all of the Airfield Operations specific Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs). Communications MOS's are also located at the Squadron (-) location.
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. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the Air Mobility Command.
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. The Air Force was designated the lead service for support activities at the new base and organized the 87th Air Base Wing to carry out the mission. [ 4 ]
The 305th AMW is a tenant unit at mostly the McGuire AFB component of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in central New Jersey. It also controls one of the Air Force's busiest aerial ports, and the air operations at both McGuire Air Force Base and Naval Support Activity Lakehurst.
The mission of the 305th Operations Group is to deploy worldwide from Air Mobility Command's Eastern Gateway, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), to perform aerial-refueling and airlift missions, in support of tactical, strategic, reconnaissance, transport, and bombardment forces in high-threat and chemical-warfare environments.
The center provides administrative control for six wings and two groups within Air Mobility Command, including the 87th Air Base Wing and the 621st Contingency Response Wing on the McGuire AFB entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the 319th Air Base Wing at Grand Forks AFB, N.D.; the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing at Joint Base Pearl ...