1st MAW hits 69th birthday
US Marine Corps News
7/1/2010
By Consolidated Public Affairs Office, Marine Corps Bases Japan
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- On July 7, 1941, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing was activated at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va.
Almost immediately, elements of the 1st MAW began preparing to support the Corps' island-hopping campaign of World War II. The first official battle for a 1st MAW squadron was Guadalcanal.
Since then, the Wing has participated in combat operations in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan - as well as humanitarian assistance operations throughout the Pacific region and bilateral support and training operations that continue today.
The 1st MAW is headquartered at Camp Foster here on Okinawa, but has subordinate groups and squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
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