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Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort or MCAS Beaufort (ICAO: KNBC, FAA LID: NBC) is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) air base located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northwest of the central business district of Beaufort, a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Checkerboards", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) is a United States Marine Corps aviation group based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina that is currently composed of two F/A-18C Hornet squadrons, one F/A-18A++ Hornet squadron, two F/A-18D Hornet squadrons, one F-35B Lightning II training squadron, one F-35C Lightning II squadron and an aviation logistics squadron.
The Marine Corps activated its first Littoral Anti-Air Battalion (LAAB) on 11 February 2022. LAABs are designed to provide ground based air defense , early warning , tactical air control, and Forward arming and refuelling points in support of Marine Corps littoral operations.
The first F-35B Lightning II jet arrived at the Marine Corps Air Station Friday to much fanfare. The jet has “advanced stealth and agility” F-35B Lightning lands at Beaufort’s Marine Air ...
Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 (VMFA(AW)-224) is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Fighting Bengals", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
Embattled by threatening sea level rise and erosion, nature-based protections for areas near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort are forming as part of a $6.8 million push to protect South ...
VMA-331 was reactivated on 23 April 1952 at Marine Corps Air Station Miami, Florida. In 1959, VMA-331 was the last squadron in the Marine Corps to deploy overseas while flying the A-4D "Skyhawk". [7] VMA-331 deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico during the blockade of Cuba.