The 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire shop conduct maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force video by Heide Couch)
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 5 part series on the history of the U.S. Air Force from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Historians
The birth of powered flight, courtesy of Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, is a decidedly American story. For centuries, mankind had dreamed of breaking free from the hold of gravity to take to the air to soar the heavens like the birds.
