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NAVAIR at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (MDL) is the world leader in Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) and Support Equipment (SE). Our mission, the Aircraft Platform Interface (API), assures that fixed and vertical wing aircraft operate safely and effectively from aircraft carriers, air capable ships and expeditionary airfields worldwide.

NAVAIR at Joint Base MDL is located at the Lakehurst portion of the base, formerly known as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst.

The Lakehurst location has a rich, multi-decade heritage as the nation's lighter-than-air center. NAVAIR at Lakehurst compliments this heritage through its responsibility as the DoD's Aircraft Platform Interface expert. The 42,000 acre Joint Base MDL complex facilitates the availability of efficient cross-service resources and is strategically located in the populous northeast corridor, near New York City and Philadelphia.

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