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Cherry Point was chosen for its ideal location for hosting East Coast military assets, supporting two U.S. Navy warships operating offshore, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56). [5]
Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) is a United States Marine Corps aviation unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina that is currently composed of two AV-8B Harrier squadrons, one F-35B squadron, one UAV training squadron, one KC-130 squadron, and an aviation logistics squadron.
MCAS Cherry Point, NC: 3rd LAAD Bn: Feel the Sting: 20 June 1982 MACG-38, 3rd MAW: MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA: Marine Wing Support Squadrons.
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW) is the major east coast aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered in Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Wing provides the aviation combat element for the II Marine Expeditionary Force .
The 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (2d LAAD) is an air defense unit of the United States Marine Corps.The battalion is subordinate to Marine Air Control Group 28 (MACG-28) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW) and is currently based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.
Commissioned on 31 December 1955, Marine Wing Headquarters Group 2 was garrisoned at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. At that time, the unit was composed of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 2, Marine Air Support Squadron 1 , and Marine Air Control Squadron 7 and Marine Air Control ...
When the United States Navy purchased 573 acres (2.32 km 2) of land in 1942 for an auxiliary airfield, three 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runways were built for the use of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina.
At the turn of the century, 9 Marines from MWCS-28, Alpha Company, supported the Year 2000 (Y2K) Response Cell. These teams ensured that the Marines Corps continued to have positive communication with MCAS Cherry Point, NC and MCAS Beaufort, SC during the Y2K transition.