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The unit was commissioned on 1 January 1952 as Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 7 (MATCU-7) under MGCIS-7. Redesignated as MATCU-31 under MAG-31 on 1 April 1952. The unit was again redesignated as MATCU-11 under MAG-11 on 2 August 1953. On 8 February 1954 the unit received its final designation as Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 60 (MATCU-60).
The Marine Air Traffic Control Squadrons (MATCS) were formed through the consolidation of regionally aligned Marine Air Traffic Control Units, underneath each Marine Air Wing. The first MATCS was commissioned in 1976 with the last one commissioning in the reserves in 1980.
A detachment from Marine Air Control Squadron 2 make up the Air Traffic Control Detachment at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa in early 2003. Members of the detachment work with Djiboutian and French air traffic controllers in the control tower to ensure military and civilian ...
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 ...
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 .
The squadron was formed as the Marine Corps unified regional air traffic control services that existed as part of each Marine Air Wing. Up to that point, each Marine Aircraft Group was assigned its own Marine Air Traffic Control Unit (MATCU). MATCUs 65, 67, 74, and 75 were decommissioned the same day that MATCS-38 was stood up.
The squadron provides aerial surveillance and air traffic control for the Marine Forces Reserve. The squadron is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia with an Air Traffic Control detachment at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. MACS-24 falls under the command of Marine Air Control Group 48 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.
The TAOC performs real-time direction and control of all anti-air warfare operations, to include manned interceptors and surface-to-air weapons. The TAOC's parent unit is the Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS). [8] Ground Based Air Defense - The LAAD Battalions provide close-in, low altitude, surface-to-air weapons fires in defense of Marine ...