wounded warrior

Supporters display an oversized get-well card as they gather around Staff Sgt. Brian Williams May 3 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Md. The card bears hundreds of signatures and well-wishes from Williams' home station family at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Williams, a military working dog handler from JB MDL's 87th Security Forces Squadron, was deployed to Afghanistan where he was the victim of an improvised explosive device attack April 25. Williams suffered serious injuries when the IED detonated while he was on a mission outside Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan. Visitors include: (from left) Senior Master Sgt. Vincent Lommen, 87th SFS first sergeant; Col. John Wood, JB MDL and 87th Air Base Wing commander; Marge Williams, stepmother; Lionel Williams, father; Catherine Williams, mother; Staff Sgt. Emily Christofaro, 87th SFS; and Chief Master Sgt. Terrence Greene, 87th ABW and JB MDL command chief. Williams hails from Phoenix, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo/Released)

JB MDL OPEN HOUSE AND AIR SHOW

Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters from U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force, Marine Aircraft Group 49, trail behind a C-130 Hercules aircraft in a simulated refueling exercise during the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Open House and Air Show May 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Pascual Flores/Released)

2012 Open House and Air Show

Patrick Brown, a Coatsville, Pa., native, turns his gaze upward to witness some of the aerial acrobatics at this year's open house and air show. Approximately 120,000 people crowded onto the base's airfield to witness aerial stunts and ground displays including demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcons and the U.S. Army Golden Knight parachute team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Look out below

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 conducts slingload operations with Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the 2012 JB MDL Open House and & Air Show, scheduled for May 12 and 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Easy day

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 conducts slingload operations with Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the 2012 JB MDL Open House and & Air Show, scheduled for May 12 and 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Easy day

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 conducts slingload operations with Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the 2012 JB MDL Open House and & Air Show, scheduled for May 12 and 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)