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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst commanders attend the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at the joint base Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez speaks at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st of Camden, N.J., speaks at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, listens as his active duty counterpart, Col. Jacqueline Breeden, 305th AMW commander, speaks at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, speaks to attendeesas his counterpart, Col. Jacqueline Breeden, 305th AMW commander, listens at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Hard hats await to be donned at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held here at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, dons a hard hat prior to breaking ground at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander (2nd from left), breaks ground with joint base commanders and state representatives at the KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony, held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Dec. 3. Base leaders and state representatives took part in the ceremony, which represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, part of a larger $146.5 million project, to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian DeLuca)

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Freedom Wing takes part in joint base KC-46 construction groundbreaking ceremony

Published Dec. 4, 2018
By Christian Deluca
514th Air Mobility Wing public affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST --

Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, along with other joint base leadership and New Jersey state representatives, took part in the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst KC46A Pegasus construction groundbreaking ceremony here Dec 3.

The ceremony represented the beginning of an $82.5 million two-bay hanger construction, which is a part of a larger $146.5 million project to house 24 new KC-46 Pegasus refueling jets. The KC-46, set to start arriving the summer of 2021, will replace the base's current KC-10 Extender aircraft.

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