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United States Marine Corps: Type: Aviation Command & Control: Role: Communications: Part of: Marine Air Control Group 38 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: Garrison/HQ: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar: Nickname(s) Red Lightning: Motto(s) "BOOM, RED LIGHTNING!" Anniversaries: 1 September 1967: Commanders; Current commander: LtCol Brian Kerg
A month later, the Marines established Marine Corps Air Depot Camp Kearny, later renamed Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar, to avoid confusion with the Navy facility. The big Privateers proved too heavy for the asphalt concrete runway the Army had installed in 1936 and the longer runways built in 1940, so the Navy added two concrete runways in 1943.
Marine Air Control Group 38 (MACG-38) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar that is currently composed of four squadrons and one battalion that provide the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's tactical headquarters, positive and procedural control to aircraft, and air defense support for the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (abbreviated as 3rd MAW) is the major west coast aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps.It is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, California, and provides the aviation combat element for I Marine Expeditionary Force.
It was the first air warning squadron commissioned as part of the Marine Corps' new air warning program and is the second oldest aviation command and control unit in the Marine Corps. [1] [2] The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and falls under Marine Air Control Group 38 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron that operates the MV-22 Osprey.The squadron, known as the "Greyhawks", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
The squadron was reactivated on 1 February 1952 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, as Headquarters Squadron 3 (HS-3), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. It was relocated during May 1952 to Miami, Florida and again relocated during September 1955 to MCAS El Toro, California. HS-3 was reassigned during January 1956 to Marine Wing Headquarters Group 3 ...
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 38 was commissioned on September 1, 1967 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. [2] The squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia in August 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield which would transition to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. The squadron returned to MCAS El Toro in March 1991.