new C-17 on McGuire flightline

Col. James Weber, 305th Maintenance Group commander, gives a thumbs up from the cockpit of JB MDL's newest C-17 Globemaster. Weber took the final flight of his Air Force career during the aircraft's inaugural flight. Three new Globemasters were assigned here as a result of a congressionally-approved increase in the aircraft throughout Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover)

new C-17 on McGuire flightline

Col. James Weber, 305th Maintenance Group commander, presents Col. Giordano McMullen, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. Scott Smith, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander, with a symbolic key to the flightline's newest C-17 Globemaster. This is the first of three new C-17s assigned to JB MDL. The 305th and 514th AMWs are the first to receive the intial round of aircraft scheduled for delivery during the next few weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover)

new C-17 on McGuire flightline

Col. Giordano McMullen, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, Col. James Weber, 305th Maintenance Group commander, and Col. Scott Smith, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander, stand in front of the 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings' newest aircraft with the inaugural flight crew. This aircraft is the first of three new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the wing as part of a congressionaly-approved increase in the aircraft throughout Air Mobility Command (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover)

Globemasters JB MDL

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's newest addition is scheduled to arrive on the flightline May 14. Three new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft were assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing as part of a congressionally-approved increase in the number of aircraft throughout Air Mobility Command. The 305th AMW is the first wing to receive the initial round of aircraft scheduled for delivery during the next few weeks. (Courtesy photo)

multinational C-17 refueling

With Swedish and U.S. Air Force pilots in the cockpit, the first C-17 Globemaster III to belong to a 12-nation strategic airlift initiative approaches a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst tanker to receive 65,000 pounds of fuel in flight over the Atlantic Ocean July 17, courtesy of a 32nd Air Refueling Squadron crew. Despite the KC-10 crew's jokes that boom operator Master Sgt. Jody Riggs might "leave his mark" on the new C-17, the refueling went smoothly and enabled the aircraft to reach its destination - Pápa Air Base, Hungary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Danielle Johnson)

multinational C-17 refueling

The sun set and storm clouds rolled in as a crew from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, refueled SAC 01, the first of three C-17s to be acquired by the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program, over the Atlantic Ocean July 17. The aerial refueling extended SAC 01’s maiden flight home to Pápa Air Base, Hungary, and was the first in-flight refueling for the new aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Danielle Johnson)

Hindenburg crash

On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. The Navy Lakehurst Historical Society and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst recently observed the 72nd anniversary of the crash of the Hindenburg as a time to remember all losses in lighter-than-air service as well as those lost in the current Iraq and Afghanistan wars in a ceremony beginning at 7:25 p.m., the time and place of the crash on May 6, 1937. (U.S. Navy historical photo)

305th Aerial Port Squadron: Moving cargo around the world

Once cargo pallets leave the 305th Aerial Port Squadron loading platforms, they are loaded onto C-17’s, KC-10's, C-5's and C-130's. In this photo, cargo pallets are being loaded onto a civilian B-747 using a K-loader. The K-loader can hold six pallets, each weighing up to 10,000 pounds, for a total weight of 60,000 pounds. The B-747 can hold 33 pallets on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

Flightline hustle and bustle

A refueling truck makes its way down the ramp while other activity takes place on the McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., flightline Nov. 6, 2008. McGuire is one of the bases supporting Air Mobility Command and the Air Force in its mission to "fly, fight and win ... in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Post-flight check

A KC-10 Extender aircrew member from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., inspects the back of a KC-10 at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, Calif., Nov. 6, 2008. The inspection was part of post-flight checklist. The KC-10 is one of the aircraft stationed at McGuire that helps Air Mobility Command and the Air Force "fly, fight and win ... in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

KC-10 refueling

A KC-10 Extender from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., is refueled by another KC-10 from McGuire Nov. 6, 2008, over the central United States. The KC-10 is one of the aircraft stationed at McGuire that helps the Air Force "fly, flight and win ... in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

KC-10 refueling

A KC-10 Extender from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., is refueled by another KC-10 from McGuire Nov. 6, 2008, over the central United States. The KC-10 is one of the aircraft stationed at McGuire that helps the Air Force "fly, flight and win ... in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)