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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma (IATA: YUM, ICAO: KNYL, FAA LID: NYL) is a United States Marine Corps air station in Arizona.It is the home of multiple squadrons of F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401 ...
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. ... Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake. 1946. private airport. Pecan Acres. Texas. Marine Corps Outlying Field Greenville. c ...
The squadron was then relocated to El Toro, California, and assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing until 1 October 1987, when the squadron moved to MCAS Yuma. On 5 October 1988, the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron within the Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) was replaced by the creation of the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS).
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron flying the F-35B Lightning II. The squadron is based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW). The squadron nickname is the "Werewolves ...
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar: San Diego, California [1] Combat Logistics Company 16: Los Lobos: Combat Logistics Regiment 15: Marine Corps Air Station Yuma: Yuma, Arizona [2] Combat Logistics Company 21: Combat Logistics Regiment 25: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point: Havelock, North Carolina [3] Combat Logistics Company 23: Roughnecks ...
Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton: 31 December 1968 27 April 1976 MATCU-76: Naval Air Station South Weymouth: 1 May 1967 [64] MATCU-77: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro: 30 June 1969 [65] 30 September 1971 [66] MATCU-78: Marine Corps Air Station New River Marine Corps Air Station Quantico: 30 June 1969 [67] 15 January 1972 [68]
Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 was activated on 2 June 1986 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.They relocated during April 1987 to MCAS Yuma, Arizona. The squadrons first combat deployment was in support of Operation Desert Storm in Southwest Asia from August 1990 to April 1991.
The Yuma County Board of Supervisors gave the U.S. Air Force a right of entry and, in 1956, the field was named Vincent Air Force Base. In 1959, control of the base was given to the United States Navy and then, nine days later, to the U.S. Marine Corps. The base was renamed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS Yuma) on July 20, 1962. In 1965 ...