McGuire Air Force Base, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base located approximately 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the USAF Air Mobility Command. It was consolidated with two adjoining US Army and Navy facilities to become part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst(JB MDL) on 1 October 2009, but remains commonly known by its former name as of 2012.
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