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  • The Retiring KC-10 Pilot Who Retired the First KC-10

    On Monday, July 13, the 514th Air Mobility Wing bid farewell to the first of three KC-10 Extenders from the Air Force’s backup-aircraft inventory to be retired during fiscal year 2020, holding a ceremony with the 305th AMW to honor the historic occasion. This same week, the 514th is also bidding a

  • The Denton Program and the Freedom Wing

    The 514th Air Mobility Wing is ready to support air mobility through aerial refueling, airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support. During peacetime operations, the Freedom Wing also plays a part in humanitarian relief efforts and has coordinated with the Denton Program in the past and

  • Black History Month: A legacy of honor

    States, installations, and individuals all celebrate Black History Month in their own way which honors what it means to them.Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Airmen came together to celebrate and honor BHM by organizing a heritage air-refueling flight with Airmen from Dover Air Force

  • 78th Air Refueling Squadron Refuels Blue Angels

    A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender, crewed by Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, extends a drogue to refuel an F-18 piloted by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, over the mid-western U.S., January 3, 2018. The 514th is an Air

  • TFI for Readiness

    On December 2, 2018, a crew of 17 Reserve Citizen Airmen, mostly with the 78th Air Refuel Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, departed JBMDL’s flight line on a KC-10 Extender to haul a training cargo load across the Atlantic Ocean and to refuel both U.S. Air Force and Scottish Royal Air Force fighter

  • Tanker takes on fighter

    Global Aviation Press Review photographers, Ramon Wenink, right, and Martin Gerhard, far left, cover a local training mission Sept. 21, of a KC-10 Extender refueling a F-16 Fighting Falcon. Reserve tanker aircrews with the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., often

  • Fighter fuel stop

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II breaks away from a KC-10 Extender after receiving fuel during a local training flight above Maryland Aug. 20. The Air Force Reserve tanker aircrew assigned to the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, here, met up with the Air National Guard pilots from

  • KC-10 serves 25 continuous years in CENTCOM

    For more than two decades, the KC-10 Extender has been refueling U.S. and coalition aircraft from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. This year marked 25 years of continuous operation for the aircraft from this location, and it is a vital piece in accomplishing U.S. Air Forces Central Command