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  • 22nd ARW Tests New WARP Capabilities

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received its first sets of KC-46A Wing Air Refueling Pods (WARP), which will undergo extensive Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as increase the aircraft’s air refueling capabilities for probe and drogue - equipped receivers.

  • Joint Base MDL conquers Bamboo Eagle 24-1

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, and the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, returned to their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Feb. 3, 2024, after completing the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California.

  • Travis AFB leadership flies two new KC-46s to their new home

    In a stride toward modernizing the U.S. Air Force's air refueling capabilities, leadership from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, along with nearly 30 aircraft maintainers, boom operators and pilots, went to Boeing's military delivery center in Seattle, Wash., to receive the fifth and sixth KC-46A Pegasus

  • AFFORGEN-ready: JB MDL completes KC-46A Pegasus certification

    Roughly 120 service members and five KC-46A Pegasus tankers assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participated in the first-ever certification event for the KC-46A Pegasus during Neptune Series exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 21-Nov. 2.

  • JB MDL hosts KC-46A Pegasus Weapons System Council

    U.S. Air Force Col. Elizabeth Hanson, 305th Air Mobility Wing Commander, presents closing remarks during the bi-annual KC-46A Pegasus Weapons System Council meeting hosted at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 17, 2023.

  • McConnell helps Japan improve use of KC-46

    Four Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) members from the 405th Air Refueling Squadron, Miho Air Base, toured McConnell to better learn how to operate the KC-46A Pegasus. On Aug. 27, they began their three-day tour of McConnell concentrating on an in-depth look at refueling operations and how to

  • JB MDL converts to white phosphor NVGs for KC-46A

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing have been maintaining vital mission implementations to complete the conversion from legacy green night vision goggles to white phosphor NVGs for the KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

  • The 305th AMW says 'Can Do' to Dock 46 Two-Bay Hangar

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly commissioned ‘Dock 46 two-bay hangar’ at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on August 24, 2023.The event concludes four and a half years of planning and 240,650 accident-free man-hours after its initial groundbreaking on

  • 509th Weapons Squadron creates KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course

    Airmen assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron welcomed the addition of KC-46 Pegasus pilots responsible for creating the new KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base in May of 2023. The 509th WPS recruited six KC-46 instructor pilots from around the Air Force to build a syllabus

  • Herk Nation runway ready for take-off

    After nearly three years of construction, Herk Nation, along with congressional staffers and local civic leaders, gathered to officially celebrate the completion of the Little Rock Air Force Base runway construction project during a ceremony, Aug. 1, 2023.