McGuire Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Wrightstown highlighted in Burlington County. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... An Air Force Base (AFB) is a term used to designate a military base of a number of air forces, including the United States Air Force (USAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). ... Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, and the air force component of United States Transportation Command. ...

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Overview

Map of McGuire AFB in Burlington County

McGuire Air Force Base is home to the 305th Air Mobility Wing and the Air Force Reserve Command's 514th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) which comprises C-17 Globemaster III and KC-10 Extender aircraft. The C-17A is the Air Force's newest heavy airlifter, capable of delivering over 170,000 pounds (77 metric tons) of cargo. Combined with the KC-10, the largest tanker aircraft in the Air Force fleet, the C-17 can fly refueled anywhere in the world. Image File history File links Mcguire_afb_res_nj_005. ... Image File history File links Mcguire_afb_res_nj_005. ... The 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW) is the host unit at McGuire Air Force Base in central New Jersey. ... This article or section should include material from U.S. Air Force Reserve Shield of the Air Force Reserve Command. ... The 514th Air Mobility Wing (514 AMW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. ... For the Lockheed aircraft with this designation, see C-17 Super Vega. ... The KC-10 Extender is an air-to-air tanker aircraft in service with the United States Air Force derived from the civilian DC-10-30 airliner. ... A tanker is an aircraft used for in-flight refuelling. ...

McGuire is also host to:

• United States Air Force Expeditionary Center (USAF EC) - physically located on Fort Dix, but is considered a tenant unit to McGuire AFB.
• 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (EMTF)
  • 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW)
• 108th Air Refueling Wing (108 ARW) - a New Jersey Air National Guard unit flying KC-135 tankers
• 373rd Training Squadron (373 TRS), Detachment 1
• AMC Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES)

One of the critical jobs McGuire Air Force Base accomplishes is hosting the flying needs of next-door neighbor Fort Dix Army installation. For years, Fort Dix has been a gateway for U.S. Army personnel shipping out to overseas locations. Air Force and civilian AMC-contracted aircraft use McGuire's two runways to facilitate this mission. Many hundreds of thousands of Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel have left the United States for overseas locations from McGuire Air Force Base. The 108th Air Refueling Wing is an unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard that is responsible for aerial refueling. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Air National Guard (ANG) is part of the United States National Guard and a reserve component of the United States Air Force (USAF). ... The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft, first manufactured in 1956 and expected to remain in service into the 2020s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... USN redirects here. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ...

McGuire Air Force Base is part of the Navy Lakehurst / Fort Dix / McGuire AFB Complex. The Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the Armys Fort Dix, and McGuire Air Force Base are three contiguous military bases in New Jersey. ...

History

Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield, carved from pasture land, took place as early as 1926. Facilities and runways to adequately support an ongoing air mission began in 1937 as a Civilian Conservation Corps project on newly acquired land for the great Army Air Forces expansion approved by the Roosevelt Administration. This nascent airfield and accompanying wooden structures was named "Rudd Field." To meet the requirements for a possible World War, Rudd Field was renamed Fort Dix Army Air Base in 1939, and underwent massive expansion from 1940-1941. This base had its first permanent AF occupant by June, 1941. The base closed in February 1946, and for two years it remained on the inactive installations list until the Cold War caused the newly created USAF to reopen many former Army Air Forces installations to meet its burgeoning operational requirements. Fort Dix AAB was renamed McGuire AFB in January 1948, in honor of #REDIRECT Maj. Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, as the Air Force prepared to reopen by the installation as a Strategic Air Command base. The U.S. Air Force officially reopened McGuire AFB as a primary installation 29 August 1948. Map of Fort Dix in Burlington County Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, and Springfield Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Seal of the Air Force. ...

While initially a combat base, operating primarily bombers and fighters of SAC and the Continental Air Defense Command, the strategic airlift mission and the Eastern Division of the Military Air Transport Service (later the 21st Air Force and today's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force) transferred to McGuire from Westover AFB, MA, in 1954. Under MATS (later MAC and AMC), McGuire became the "Gateway to the East," serving the U.S. Military and its allies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with cargo and transportation. Over the years McGuire's mission aircraft have been dominated by the greatest air mobility aircraft of their day: the C-54, C-118, C-135 (McGuire was the first base to operate the world's first all-jet strategic airlifter), C-130, C-141 and C-17 airlifters, as well as KC-97, KC-135 and KC-10 tanker aircraft. From 1967 through 2004, McGuire was the best known C-141 base in the world, possessing up to a quarter of AMC's fleet of that historic aircraft.

Team McGuire has provided key support in almost every major American contingency operation from 1955 through the present day, including Operation SAFE HAVEN, Vietnam, NICKEL GRASS, the Grenada rescue effort, Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM in 1990, and Operation DESERT CALM following the first gulf war. In 1992, McGuire AFB became a major part of the newly activated Air Mobility Command (AMC). A newly created concept, an air mobility wing (AMW) possessing both tankers and airlift aircraft, activated on McGuire in 1994. The storied 305th Air Refueling Wing, "Can Do!" moved to McGuire to become the host 305 AMW on 1 October 1994. The 21st Air Force, coupled with the stand up of the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) and its later reorganization to the 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW), partnered with the 305 AMW and spear-headed virtually every contingency over the past 14-years, from JOINT ENDEAVOR in the Balkans to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. McGuire itself, through its support organizations, has also been a key component in the onward transport of materials and personnel to crisis points all over the world: in 1999, McGuire served as the lead staging base for the evacuation of Kosovo refugees in Operation OPEN ARMS; McGuire was the rally and staging point for FEMA operations in New York City after the September 11, 2001 attacks; in 2005, the base lent key support for hurricanes Kartrina and Rita. In 2006, McGuire AFB hosted over 1,800 Lebanese Americans evacuated from the battles there between Israel and Hezbollah insurgents. In 2008, McGuire assumed responsibility for the no-fail "Red Ball Express" aerial port mission, supplying and re-supplying coalition efforts in ENDURING FREEDOM. Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, and the air force component of United States Transportation Command. ... The 621st Contingency Response Wing (621 CRW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

Today the men and women of McGuire AFB continue to be in the forefront of high visibility operations with regular deployments of airlift and aerial refueling aircraft as well as support elements for combat operations. McGuire hosted a rapidly assembled STRATCOM Joint Task Force satellite recovery team with no prior notice in February 2008, winning praise for its flexibility and support. Team McGuire remains heavily engaged in providing direct combat support to two regional conflicts and provided personnel, resources and aircraft.

The future of McGuire is bright-indeed, as part of a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative, McGuire will be the lead service in the first ever tri-service Joint super-base, combining its infrastructure support with the support of Fort Dix (Army) and Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station (Navy). Additionally, the 2005 Base Relocation and Closing (BRAC) commission identified several units to be added to Team McGuire over the next few years, including contingents from every service branch. Construction of many new facilities, an intense beautification effort, and rapidly proliferating, new and spacious privately owned contract family housing, make McGuire one the premiere Air Force installations. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...

Aircraft Flown

Joint Basing

In 2005, the United States Department of Defense announced that McGuire Air Force Base would be affected by a Base Realignment and Closure. According to the initial BRAC report, McGuire will gain about 500 military personnel, while next-door neighbor Fort Dix, a United States Army base, will also gain some 300 personnel. On the other hand, nearby Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst will realign, losing around 200 personnel. The three bases will be combined creating a Joint Base with the Air Force as the lead agency. The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ... Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the US Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save... Fort Dix is a census-designated place located in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), New Jersey, formerly the Lakehurst Naval Air Station then the Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst. ...

Hazardous Waste

In July 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued an order to the US military to clean up the contaminants at McGuire AFB. Areas that need cleanup include landfills, fire training areas, pesticide mixing shops, fuel storage and leak areas, underground tanks and fuel lines, a PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) spill site, and a wastewater treatment plant sludge disposal area. The water in the family housing areas, particularly the Falcon Courts North area, is highly contaminated. Though the base and the civilian-run company contracted by the Department of Defense to maintain the housing area claim the water contains only trace amounts of any deadly chemicals, the water often comes from the faucets in a deep brown color. [1] [2] EPA redirects here. ... Landfill can also refer to Land reclamation. ... A cropduster spreading pesticide. ... Labelling transformers containing PCBs. ... The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ...

Upcoming Events

2008

March 19 -- C-141 Starlifter Memorial Park ground breaking ceremony

May 16 -- Parade of Wreaths

May 26-June 2 -- Air Force Week in Philadelphia

May 31-June 1 -- 2008 McGuire Air Expo

References

• McGuire Air Force Base (Official Web site)
• 2008 McGuire Air Expo (Official Web site)
• Air Force Week in Philadelphia (Official Web site)
• McGuire AFB - Retiree Activities Office (Official Web site)
• Air Mobility Command (Official Web site]

External links

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