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Firearms simulator unveiled at NJ joint base

Airmen with the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., tried out a new virtual firearms training simulator designed to make them feel like they are in a war zone.

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Reservist in private plane aids C-17

A C-17 marooned at 35,000 feet without a radio. Air traffic controllers struggling to land the cargo plane safely. And a C-17 reservist, flying a private plane, who talked the big bird down. It was just like a scene from … Continue reading

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Reservist in private plane aids C-17

A C-17 marooned at 35,000 feet without a radio. Air traffic controllers struggling to land the cargo plane safely. And a C-17 reservist, flying a private plane, who talked the big bird down. It was just like a scene from … Continue reading

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621st tackled security ‘nightmare’ after quake

Tech Sgt. Thomas Tully had trouble getting his head around what he would say when he stepped off the plane in Haiti.Barely 48 hours had passed since an earthquake had virtually leveled Port-au-Prince, the capital of the island nation, and … Continue reading

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