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Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 23 Kicks Off

(July 5, 2023) Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 23, a semiannual Philippine-U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts, is scheduled to take place in the Philippines from July 6-21.

Marine Air Control Group 38 refines warfighting capabilities

Marines and Sailors with Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 38 refined tactics for future maritime conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region during Exercise Steel Knight 2023. With units positioned across California and Arizona, MACG-38 tested components of Aviation Command and Control (AC2) in conjunction with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s (MAW) “Hub, Spoke and Node” model in preparation for the next fight.

Steel Knight 23: MAG-39 Came to Play

Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39 combined with the rest of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), 1st Marine

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Deactivates Vengeance and Welcomes Scarface

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) deactivated Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469,

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Activates New Air Defense Unit

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) activated a new air defense battery on November 18, 2022, as part

U.S. Marine Corps receives Final AH-1Z Viper aircraft delivery of Program of Record

The 189th and final AH-1Z Viper aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps Program of Record (POR) was

3rd MAW kicks off Winter Fury 22 with long range strike

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — U.S. Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Space Force Guardians commenced Exercise Winter Fury 22, Jan. 31, 2022. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing used the F/A-18 and F-35B aircraft to conduct a long-range maritime strike on a target more than 1,000 nautical miles away.

First USMC F-35C squadron deploys

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – (January 4, 2022) Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft carrier.

Marine pilots hone proficiency in information, electronic warfare

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — (December 3, 2021) Marine pilots refocus their priorities, opting to train their electronic warfare capabilities to defeat adversaries in the information environment aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Dec. 2-3.

VMFA-211 completes historic deployment aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – (December 8, 2021) With the arrival of aircraft from