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The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields.All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned a four-digit code denoting their primary occupational field and specialty.
Marine Air Traffic Control Units (MATCU) were air traffic control (ATC) detachments that provided continuous, all-weather, radar and non-radar, approach, departure, enroute, and tower ATC services at both garrison Marine Corps Air Stations and tactical airfields when deployed.
This is a list of all of the active squadrons that exist in the United States Marine Corps, sorted by type. Most squadrons have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. To see Marine Aviation units sorted by command hierarchy, see aviation combat element.
In December 1950, VMF-311 became the first Marine jet squadron used in combat, providing close air support for the Marines and soldiers on the ground, flying the F9F Panther. [29] In February 1957, VMA-214 became the first Marine squadron to be certified for "special weapons delivery": dropping nuclear weapons. [30]
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Marine Aircraft Group 24: 1 March 1942 [6] Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay: Marine Aircraft Group 26: 16 June 1952 [7] Marine Corps Air Station New River: Marine Aircraft Group 29: 1 May 1972 [8] Marine Corps Air Station New River Marine Aircraft Group 31: 1 February 1943 [9] Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
After the successful breakout of the Chosin Reservoir, the Air Support section was transported to Masan, on the southern coast of Korea. In August 1951, the Marine Air Support Radar Team 1 arrived from CONUS and was attached to MTACS-2. In March 1952, the Air Support section moved with the 1st Marine Division to the western front near Panmunjum.
The unit was again re-designated as Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 62 (MATCU-62) on 10 February 1954. MATCU-62 relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii in January 1955 as part of Marine Air Base Squadron 13. The unit deployed to South Vietnam on 1 September 1966.
In January 1962, MACS-9 aided VMF-451 with in-flight refueling during the squadron's trans-Pacific flight (the first oceanic crossing attempted and completed by a Marine Corps squadron). In June 1962, a MACS-9 controller directed the first tactical intercept by VMF-314 using their new fighter interceptor, the F4H-1 Phantom .