Editing McGuire Air Force Base (section)

==Overview==
The host unit at McGuire AFB is the [[87th Air Base Wing]] (87 ABW), [[United States Air Force Expeditionary Center]], AMC. The 87 ABW provides installation management to all of JB MDL.<ref>[https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/ Mission Partners]  webpage. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) official website. Accessed 2010-06-18.</ref> The wing also provides mission-ready, expeditionary Airmen to support Unified Combatant Commanders in ongoing military operations. The wing consists of more than 3,100 officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel from the Air Force, Army and Navy. The 87th Air Base Wing is commanded by Colonel Bridget V. Gigliotti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/|title=COLONEL NEIL R. RICHARDSON > Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst > Display|website=jointbasemdl.af.mil}}</ref> Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Tony B. Jenkins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/|title=CHIEF MASTER SGT. CHRISTOPHER M. YEVCHAK > Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst > Display|website=jointbasemdl.af.mil}}</ref>

McGuire originated in 1941 as Fort Dix Army Airfield. Closed briefly after [[World War II]], it reopened in 1948 as McGuire Air Force Base. The base was named after Major [[Thomas B. McGuire Jr.]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, and the second leading ace in American history.<ref name="McGuire">{{cite web|url=http://newpreview.afnews.af.mil/mcguire/units/mcguire/index.asp|title=Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst McGuire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212033135/http://newpreview.afnews.af.mil/mcguire/units/mcguire/index.asp|archive-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>

March 3, 1960, while returning home from his army stint, [[Elvis Presley]] landed on McGuire Airforce Base, en route from [[Frankfurt]], Germany and [[Glasgow Prestwick Airport]], Prestwick, Scotland and [[Ernest Harmon Air Force Base]], Stephenville, [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada.
Here he disembarked the airplane, two days before his army discharge.