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  • Readiness, ready yes!

    Members of the 514th Air Mobility Wing here began actively training in their abilities to operate in wartime conditions in November and their efforts will culminate in June with an Operational Readiness Inspection in Alpena, Mich. An ORI is conducted in order to assess and measure a unit's ability

  • Citizen Airmen complete LSEP inspection

    Reserve aircraft maintainers, aerial port and logistics members prove their mettle as the Air Mobility Command Logistics Standardization and Evaluation Program inspectors found them in compliance with safety and technical regulations during the May 4-11 inspection held here. "The objective of LSEP

  • Reserve wing gives cancer survivor VIP treatment

    Josh Shafer, a 10-year old cancer survivor, was the Hero for the Day here at the 514th Air Mobility Wing on April 25th. Hero for the Day is a program designed to bring people who are facing or have faced health challenges to the base for an up-close and personal tour of McGuire Air Force Base and

  • Hero for the Day decades later

    "I came up the (New Jersey) Turnpike and my goodness! About 30 motorcycles met me and escorted me all the way up," said Tech. Sgt. Charles Wentzell of his drive to Fort Dix, N.J., on Sunday. "I never expected anything like that!" A motorcycle escort was not the only unexpected thing that happened to

  • McGuire MXG Airmen named top military team in competition

    Five aircraft maintenance Airmen from McGuire AFB took top military honors at the Aircraft Maintenance Technician Society's second annual Maintenance Skills Competition in Las Vegas, Nev., March 9-12. The team of Airmen from the 305th and 514th Maintenance Groups placed fifth overall in the

  • Reserve wing honors annual award winners

    More than 60 wing members were singled out for their outstanding performance during 2008 at the 514th Air Mobility Wing Annual Awards Banquet held Jan. 24 at The Club on McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. Winners of this event sponsored by the 514th First Sergeant Council were: Joyce Reed, 514th Aircraft