| A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY’S ONLY AIR FORCE BASE |
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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. |
