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  • Mobility Airmen blanket East Coast for Hurricane Sandy relief

    Air Mobility Command Airmen forged a bridge between the West and East Coasts during the early morning hours Nov. 5 to distribute blankets that would make their way to Hurricane Sandy victims.The 7,800 blankets began their journey at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where they were loaded onto a C-17

  • Air Force teams work to tame Colorado wildfires

    An Air Force team from the active duty, Air National Guard, the Air Reserve and the Air Force Academy have mobilized to help fight the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., that has burned more than 3,500 acres.The request for assistance from the National Interagency Fire

  • Local AF bases enter fight vs. Waldo Canyon fire

    When Colorado Springs, Colo., called for aid in fighting the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire, which started Saturday and grew to nearly 3,500 acres by June 25, the Department of Defense answered in strength, deploying multiple aircraft and opening its flightlines for firefighting operations.The

  • JB MDL community leaders get first-hand look at Air Force

    Twenty civic leaders from the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community joined base leaders on a journey to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas for a community relations tour June 14 and 15.The purpose of the tour was to highlight and present the Air Force

  • Sister squadrons go platinum: Historic flying units predate the Air Force

    In the spring of 1942 the United States filled battle-torn European skies with squadrons of airborne war machines. Among them, two transport squadrons began carrying troops and supplies into the Second World War, beginning a parallel history spanning seven decades and many military conflicts. As if

  • Nearly 1,000 bikers show support at Armed Forces Freedom Ride

    The sixth annual Armed Forces Freedom Ride rolled through base May 20 providing nearly 1,000 motorcyclists an unmatched tour of the installation.The one-hour bike ride, held a day after Armed Forces Day, started at Barb's Harley Davidson in Mt. Ephraim, N.J., and travelled nearly 40 miles to Joint

  • JB MDL contributes to Air Force 'green' initiatives

    The Air Force is challenging every member of the Air Force family to do his or her part to conserve natural resources, minimize waste and prevent pollution as millions around the world observe Earth Day April 22."I challenge all Airmen to think about pollution prevention in new ways," said Gen.

  • International spouses tour new home

    Military spouses from more than 15 countries got a first-hand look at the different facets and capabilities related to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst March 23.The International Spouses Group, based out of the joint base, received an inside perspective of the installation during their day-long

  • 15 acres of land made 'ecologically safer' at Little Rock AFB

    Nearly 15 acres of the base, previously used as a skeet range in the 1960s, is an ecologically safer place today because of a restoration project that excavated 36 million pounds of contaminated soil, or enough to fill 450 semi-trucks, and replaced it with more than 3,000 trees and recycled soil and

  • Terry Yonkers tours Grand Forks AFB

    Terry Yonkers, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations, Environment and Logistics, took a whirlwind tour of Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 12 and 13.During his visit, Mr. Yonkers toured the base, attended briefing sessions with the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Command's