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MACS-2 first brought the TAOC and AN/TPS-59 radar into Helmand Province in 2009 replacing the Royal Air Force's No. 1 Air Control Centre. MACS-1 & MACS-2 were responsible for controlling 70,000 square miles of airspace in support of Regional Command Southwest operations. From 2009 through 2014, both squadrons combined coordinated more than ...
[4] [5] [6] Additional personnel for the TACC are staffed from the Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron and augments from across the Wing as required. [7] Tactical Air Operations Center (TAOC) - agency responsible for real time surveillance, direction, positive control, and navigational assistance for friendly aircraft. The TAOC performs real-time ...
In late 1964, MACS-3 was also tasked with testing MTDS interoperability with the Navy's new Airborne Tactical Data System that was installed aboard the first E-2A Hawkeye early warning aircraft. [11] In March 1966, MACS-3 accepted the first production model of MTDS's new Tactical Air Operations Central.
Marine Air Control Squadron 1 (MACS-1) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control squadron. The squadron provides aerial surveillance, air traffic control, ground-controlled intercept, and aviation data-link connectivity for the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
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.
It was the Marine Corps' first semi-automated system capable of collecting, processing, computing and displaying aircraft surveillance data while also sharing that information with other participating units via tactical data link. The system was developed in the late 1950s/early 1960s when it was recognized that due to the speed, range and ...
From 2009 through 2014, both MACS-1 and MACS-2 coordinated more than 320,000 fixed-wing operations, 80,000 aerial refueling operations, and more than 7,000 rotary wing operations. The TAOC's mission in Afghanistan ended in November 2013 as the Marine Corps withdrew its presence in Southern Afghanistan and turned over control of the area to ...
Marine Air Control Group 28 (MACG-28) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point that is currently composed of four command and control squadrons and a low altitude air defense battalion that provide the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing with airspace coordination, air control, immediate air support, fires integration, air traffic ...