McGuire Air Force Base News

Fort Dix bids farewell to Col. Ronald Thaxton, left, who served as installation commander for the past two years.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Thursday he would help address the pay disparity at the mega-base. Civilians working at Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base have been earning less than their counterparts at Lakehurst Naval Engineering Station.

Eleven Civil Air Patrol cadets, including four from the Shore area, will attend flight ground school and fly single engine Cessna 172 aircraft at the 2009 New Jersey Wing Falcon Flight Academy to be held at Fort Monmouth, Lakehurst Naval Engineering Station, and Monmouth Executive Airport from July 5th to July 11th.

Kenneth Chrestler took this picture of the DC-10 plane from the Franklin Square Area of Syracuse.

Two Burlington County residents have been hospitalized with swine flu during a recent rapid spread of the disease throughout the county, county health officials said Monday.

The number of residents in Burlington County that have been diagnosed with swine flu has tripled in one week.According to state Department of Health figures released late Friday, there are now 36 confirmed cases of swine flu in the county, up from the total of 12 cases reported June 12.Specifics about the new cases such as the patienta s ...

The students of Afro-One Dance, Drama and Drum Theatre come from all over the area, from Burlington County to Pennsylvania.

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Robert Ovid "Chip" D'Ambrosio, 68,, formerly of Exton, a retired lawyer, died of pulmonary fibrosis June 5 at home on Pawleys Island, S.C. A native of South Philadelphia, Mr.

In a June 4 briefing at Fort Dix, aptly titled Joint Base 101, Col. Gina Grosso, commander of the 87th Air Base Wing, presented a rapid-fire summary of challenges, opportunities and organizational imperatives facing McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst as the three installations march toward 'full ...

Christopher Earp-Pitkins becomes the first Harry S Truman High School student to attend to the Air Force Academy.

Two of the cases were a mother and son who live on the McGuire Air Force Base. By David LevinskyStaff writerdlevinsky@phillyBurbs.comThree new cases of swine flu were reported Friday, raising Burlington County's total to an even dozen.The latest cases were confirmed from testing by the state Department of Health and Senior Services and involve a ...

Civil Air Patrol cadets recently flew on an Air Force Reserve KC-10 training mission to observe refueling operations between three KC-10 airborne tankers.

A South Jersey congressman says civilian employees must get paid the same for doing the same work regardless of where they're located on the new 'mega'' military base.

Four Broome County women were honored for their military service this week by state lawmakers, who also passed a resolution recognizing the contributions of women in the armed forces.

By Melissa HayesStaff writermhayes@phillyBurbs.comAn 8-year-old girl is the ninth county resident to contract swine flu.The case, which was confirmed by state health officials Friday, comes after nearly two months of new cases in the county.While the county has not seen a drastic spike in new cases, over the same period the state's total number of ...

My heart goes out to the people aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1. News reports suggest the Airbus A330 flew through turbulence so severe it literally tore the plane apart.

The proud soldiers were no match for the rowdy crowd that patiently awaited their arrival.

More than 800 soldiers of the New Jersey National Guard are to return home at Fort Dix on Friday, followed by 525 more troops arriving Saturday, including a unit from the Toms River armory, Guard officials said today.

Long-awaited reunions between National Guard soldiers and their families continued Friday as three planes carrying nearly 900 soldiers returning from Iraq touched down at McGuire Air Force Base.

Staff Sgt. Martin Fabiunke, 154th Quartermaster Company, New Jersey Army National Guard is greeted by his family as he returns from a year-long deployment.