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Marine Corps pilots and aircrew are assigned to the base for training and providing air support to other land and sea-based Marines in Okinawa and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. MCAS Futenma is part of the Marine Corps Installations Pacific command. MCAS Futenma is situated in Ginowan City (pop. 93,661). [4]
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36 (MALS-36) is an aviation logistics support unit of the United States Marine Corps.Nicknamed Bladerunner, they are currently based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan and fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
The first of its kind in the Marine Corps. The unit was redesignated as MATCU-66 on 1 January 1955. [60] MATCU-67: MCAS Futenma (1959 - 1965) Chu Lai (1965–70) MCAS Santa Ana (1970–76) 15 December 1959 [61] 27 April 1976 MATCU-68: MCAS El Toro (Unk - 1965) South Vietnam (1965-1971) MCAS Futenma (1971-1972) MCAF Quantico (1972–76) 23 April ...
Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS 172) is an aviation support unit of the United States Marine Corps's 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.Known as the "Firebirds", they are based out of Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.
Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36) is an active air group of the United States Marine Corps, tasked with providing assault support aircraft.It is currently part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), itself an integral part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan.
Japan's central government began the reclamation work at the Henoko area on the eastern coast of Okinawa's main island in 2018 to pave the way for the relocation of the Marine Corps Futenma air ...
Onaga and a majority of Okinawa residents want the base moved off the island.", commented USA Today. [73] On 14 December 2018, landfill on a controversial new U.S. military runway that will one day facilitate the relocation and closure of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma began in Okinawa following years of protests and legal challenges. [74]
This is a list of the current and decommissioned air support squadrons in the United States Marine Corps that provide the Marine Direct Air Support Center for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Current