Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL) is a United States military facility located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. The base is the only tri-service base in the United States Department of Defense and includes units from all six armed forces branches.
| Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst | |||||||||
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| Near Wrightstown and Lakehurst, New Jersey in the United States | |||||||||
A C-17A Globemaster III from the 305th Air Mobility Wing performs touch and go landings while another C-17A prepares for take-off at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. | |||||||||
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°00′56″N 074°35′30″W (Air Base) 40°01′09″N 74°31′22″W (Army Base) 40°02′00″N 074°21′13″W (Naval Station) | ||||||||
| Type | US military Joint Base | ||||||||
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| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Mobility Command (AMC) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1916 (as Camp Kendrick) 1917 (as Camp Dix) 1937 (as Fort Dix Airport) | ||||||||
| In use | 2009 – present (as Joint Base) | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Anthony L. Smith (USAF) | ||||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: WRI, ICAO: KWRI, FAA LID: WRI, WMO: 724096 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 42.9 metres (141 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Other Facilities | See Lakehurst Maxfield Field for its airfield data. | ||||||||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||
The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's McGuire Air Force Base, the United States Army's Fort Dix and the United States Navy's Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, which were merged on 1 October 2009.
It was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the three facilities which were adjoining, but separate military installations, into a single joint base, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law.
The installation commander is Air Force Colonel Anthony L. Smith.