J_hallgren From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1507 posts, RR: 0 Posted (12 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1102 times:
More than once, I have seen what seems to be a military airport from the air at 25k+ and have been unable to figure our where/what it is.
The airport has a number of what appears to be c-130 or larger a/c on an apron in front of a hanger. The shape of the apron is somewhat of a wide "V".
It is somewheres in mid-NJ possibly.
Since it may be military/reserve, I couldn't find it on Terraserver.com thus far.
Also, are there two blimp hangers at Lakehurst still?
I saw what appears to be something like that type of building also in that area. They were VERY large buildings!
Have been wondering about this for a few years....
Flashmeister From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2863 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (12 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 987 times:
What you saw is, in fact, McGuire AFB. McGuire and Lakehurst (and Ft. Dix for that matter) all adjoin. I live about 5 miles from base and know many people who work the flight line there.
You probably saw a C-17, but you also should have been able to see a fleet of KC-10 tankers and a few KC-135 tankers that call McGuire home.
If you are in the right place at the right time, you can see all sorts of stuff go in and out of there - private cargo ops 747s, MD-11s, DC-8s... I saw a Tower Air 747 there once transporting the Kosovo refugees.
Rumor has it that UPS is going to open a mini-depot there in a government-private partnership, but I haven't heard anything more...
You can get TerraServer pictures of McGuire AFB. I'll find the link and post it here.
AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (12 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 956 times:
I was at the McGuire public Air Show on June 3rd. We heard the same UPS mini-depot rumor also. Guess what? I heard the rumor at the FEDEX booth!
McGuire is home to the NJ ANG Air Refueling wing along with a MAC wing (I'm not sure which).
BTW, the Thunderbirds were at this show - it was awesome!
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8770 posts, RR: 13 Reply 5, posted (12 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 935 times:
It was McGuire AFB. I have seen it a few times as well.
Flashmeister From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2863 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (12 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 924 times:
McGuire is a base for the Air Mobility Command. It's the home of:
- 305th Air Mobility Wing (mostly aerial port, air refuling, and airlift ops, and an aerial medicine squadron)
- 621st Air Mobility Ops Group (rapid remote airfield setup and operation - the first to go in many cases for things like desert airfield setups and relief operations)
- 108th Air Refueling Wing (Guard Wing)
- Air Mobility Warfare Center
It also serves as the HQ for the 21st Air Force.
Since it was on the brink of closure 5 years ago, it's actually developed into a very important base - it's one of the main ports to send supplies across the Atlantic and home of a third of the rapid response AMOG force of the Air Force.
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