87th EOD technician is awarded Purple Heart and Combat Action Medal for action in Afghanistan
Active
1952–1953; 2009–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Air base wing
Role
Installation support
Size
3,100 personnel
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ
Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
Motto(s)
Ut Unum Vincere Latin / Win as One[1]
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel B. Wesley Adams
Army Deputy Installation Commander
Colonel Jon A. Brierton
Navy Deputy Installation Commander
Captain Frank Ingargiola
Command Chief
CMSgt Michael D. Wynne
Insignia
87th Air Base Wing emblem (approved 3 August 2010)[1]
Military unit
The 87th Air Base Wing is the host wing at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL), New Jersey and its headquarters are on the McGuire Air Force Base portion of the Joint Base. The wing provides installation support to commands at McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix, and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst is the Department of Defense's (DoD) only tri-service joint base that consolidated Air Force, Army, and Navy installations.
Before assuming host duties at JB MDL in 2009, the wing had been active as an Air Force Reserve troop carrier wing during the Korean War. It was inactivated less than a year after it was formed, when the 434th Troop Carrier Wing was released from active duty and assumed the 87th Wing's personnel and equipment.
^ abcRobertson, Patsy (6 February 2015). "Factsheet 87 Air Base Wing (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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