McGuire Air Force Base
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McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton. McGuire is under the jurisdiction of the Air Mobility Command. It was consolidated with two adjoining US Army and Navy facilities to become part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on 1 October 2009.
An aerial view of McGuire AFB in 1997
Major Thomas McGuire next to his P-38 "Pudgy (V)" in 1944
Fort Dix Army Air Base, 1943
CIM-10A Bomarc Surface-to-Air missiles of the 46th Air Defense Missile Squadron
Thomas McGuire
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Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. was an American United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the second highest scoring American ace of the war.
The top two American aces of World War II: Majors Richard Bong (left) and "Tommy" McGuire (right) in November 1944
Plaque honoring McGuire at the Georgia Institute of Technology