McConnellsburg, PA -- JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company announces a major callback of JLG employees to work on two Oshkosh Defense military contracts. Between 550 and 650 JLG employees will be called back to JLG facilities, primarily in Pennsylvania as a direct result of a recent $1.05 billion contract award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to Oshkosh Corporation for a new Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV).

JLG will complement the vehicle manufacturing currently being done at Oshkosh Defense plants in Wisconsin. The callbacks will begin immediately and will continue in phases aligned with the planned increases in production activities. Laid off JLG employees will be contacted by the company according to seniority and job requirements.

"We're certainly pleased with the additional opportunities for our team members," said Craig Paylor, Oshkosh Corporation executive vice president and JLG, president. "As a member of the Oshkosh Corporation family, the ability to use our manufacturing facilities and our experienced personnel to assist with the Defense contracts will have a very positive effect on our communities which have been adversely affected by the economy."

Oshkosh Corporation was selected as the sole supplier for the M-ATV project. These vehicles are bound for Afghanistan where there is an urgent need for the United States armed forces to have a highly mobile, survivable medium tactical vehicle that can navigate the harsh mountainous terrain. The initial order is for 2,244 vehicles to be built by December 2009.

Under a second contract, approximately 60 JLG employees will be called back and deployed to Kuwait to install Oshkosh TAK-4® independent suspension kits on MRAP vehicles already in Iraq and Afghanistan. These JLG employees are part of more than 120 Oshkosh Corporation employees involved in this joint project between Oshkosh Defense and Force Protection, Inc., (FPI) to install the Oshkosh TAK-4 independent suspension on FPI manufactured Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP). The TAK-4 system dramatically improves ride quality and mobility, leading to more protection for our Warfighters. The JLG employees involved in the deployment to Kuwait have volunteered and were selected from a pool of candidates throughout Oshkosh Corporation. The JLG employees, many who were laid off, came from JLG facilities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and California.