3RD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING

The mission of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) is to provide combat ready, expeditionary aviation forces capable of short notice, world-wide employment in response to regional combatant commanders', component commanders’, and Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Commanders’ tasking.

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

The mission of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) is to provide combat ready, expeditionary aviation forces capable of short notice, world-wide employment in response to regional combatant commanders', component commanders’, and Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Commanders’ tasking.

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing News

Steel Wings, Enduring Leadership: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Change of Command

3/02/2026 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Stand and Deliver: Chaplain Cash’s Reminder of Core Values Inspires 3rd MAW Marines

1/23/2026 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Steel Knight 25: Stingers Deliver JAGM Precision Strikes

12/15/2025 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Steel Knight 25: 3rd MAW Executes Distributed Aviation Operations at Scale

12/15/2025 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Steel Knight 25: Raiders extend fifth-gen reach through ADGR

12/15/2025 | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

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Steel Wings, Enduring Leadership: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Change of Command

Current and former commanding generals of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing salute the colors during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station...

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Steel Knight 25: Stingers, Scarface Deliver Persistent Close Air Support Across Distributed Battlespace

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,...

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Steel Knight 25: ‘Support Within Striking Distance’

A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels an F-35B Lightning II assigned to...

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steele Armstrong, a satellite transmissions systems operator, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaden Coleman, a transmission systems operator, both with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a radio call during the inaugural Thunderstruck Communications Competition, hosted by MWCS-38, MACG-38, 3rd MAW, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Sept. 10, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steele Armstrong, a satellite transmissions systems operator, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaden Coleman, a transmission...

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Marines set to showcase MAGTF power at Miramar Air Show

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division fast rope during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force...