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- English
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McGuire Air Force Base
About this book
McGuire Air Force Base, built on property ceded by the Boy Scouts of America, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the contiguous Fort Dix, has served the nation proudly for decades. Originally, it was intended to be used as a home for observation antisubmarine reconnaissance aircraft and army support as Fort Dix Army Air Field, but the focus of the base quickly changed as a result of its strategic location. McGuire Air Force Base recounts the contributions of this military asset with more than two hundred photographs from the archives of the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. Among its many achievements, McGuire was the first American military base to become operational with the F-106 Delta Dart; the first base to operate an all-jet military transport, the C-135 Stratolifter; and finally, the first base to become operational with a ground-launched antiaircraft nuclear missile squadron. In the 1950s, McGuire became the air force's principal aerial port on the East Coast-a role it continues to this day.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- One - ORIGINS
- Two - WORLD WAR II AND FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT
- Three - THE LEGACY OF THOMAS B. MCGUIRE JR.
- Four - THE COLD WAR AND MANY MISSIONS
- Five - JET AIRLIFT AND THE VIETNAM ERA
- Six - REPRIEVE FROM CLOSURE AND THE MODERN MISSIONS
- AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO MCGUIRE AND FORT DIX
- MAJOR COMMAND AND MISSION OF MCGUIRE AND FORT DIX