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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 ...
305th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 305th Maintenance Group, 305th Air Mobility Wing: Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst [28] 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Committed to Excellence: 315th Maintenance Group, 315th Airlift Wing: Joint Base Charleston [29] 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 319th Operations Group, 319th Reconnaissance Wing
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.
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.
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling (JBAB) is responsible for providing installation support to 17,000 military, civilian employees and their families, 48 mission and tenant units, including ceremonial units (United States Air Force Honor Guard, USAF Band, USAF Chaplains, the Navy Ceremonial Guard), various Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Joint Service commands and other DOD and federal agencies.
September 1994 – February 1995, deputy commander, 438th Operations Group, McGuire AFB, New Jersey February 1995 – June 1996, commander, 305th Operations Group, McGuire AFB, New Jersey July 1996 – December 1996, chief of Mobility Forces Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
The 305th Air Base Group was the station host unit. Initially Walterboro AAF was used primarily for training of B-25 Mitchell medium bomber pilots and aircrews, acting a sub-base of Columbia Army Airfield for follow-on training prior to the units being deployed to overseas combat theaters.