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The mission of the 305th Operations Group is to deploy worldwide from Air Mobility Command's Eastern Gateway, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), to perform aerial-refueling and airlift missions, in support of tactical, strategic, reconnaissance, transport, and bombardment forces in high-threat and chemical-warfare environments.
305th Bombardment (later, 305th Operations) Group: 2 January 1951 – 16 June 1952; 1 September 1991 – 15 October 1993; 1 October 1994–present; 458th Operations Group: 1 October 1994 – 1 July 1995; Squadrons. 3rd Airborne Command and Control Squadron: 1 April 1970 – 31 December 1975; 68th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 June 1959 – 25 March ...
The 6th Airlift Squadron is part of the 305th Air Mobility Wing at the McGuire AFB section of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.It operates the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide.
1st Expeditionary Rescue Group: 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing: Previously at Diyarbakır Air Base: 59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron: N/A: HH-60: Previously at Kandahar Airfield until Feb 2013 (451 AEW). [7] 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron: Palm Trees: N/A: HH-60G: 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group: Previously at Joint Base Balad then ...
The 305th Rescue Squadron is part of the 943rd Rescue Group at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, a subordinate of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. It operates Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II aircraft conducting peacetime and combat search and rescue missions.
In 2009 the base received a new 128-foot tall tower, overlapping the original 103-foot one which was donated to the Air Mobility Command Museum, accessible to visitors. [8] Dover AFB is the first air force base to receive the new C-5M "Super Galaxy", receiving the aircraft on February 9, 2009 (named "The Spirit of Global Reach"). [9]
Red denotes courage and zeal. The tower and fleur-de-lis commemorate the unit's World War II service in Northern Europe. Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 305th Army Security Agency Battalion on 27 September 1957. It was redesignated for the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion and amended to add a crest on 5 October ...
The squadron was first activated with Douglas C-47 Skytrains in September 1943 as the 305th Troop Carrier Squadron at Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri and trained under I Troop Carrier Command. It trained in various parts of the eastern United States until early 1944.