McGuire Air Force Base
 
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY’S ONLY AIR FORCE BASE
Known as Rudd Field, and established as a part of the Army in 1937, the base transferred to the Air Force in 1949. The base is named in honor of Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., the second leading American Air Ace of World War ll. Major McGuire was a resident of Ridgewood, NJ and was posthumous awarded the Medal of Honor. MAFB is comprised of 3500 acres in beautiful central Burlington County, the largest county in New Jersey, and easily accessible to many major cities as well as the communities surrounding the Pinelands National Reserve.
 

Entrance to MAFB in 1949
 

Base Operations Center in 1942