List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanders
Appearance
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The Okinawa, Japan. Activated in 1941, the wing has seen heavy combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Commanding generals
# | Picture | Name | Rank | Start | End | Notability | Ref |
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Louis E. Woods | Lieutenant colonel | 7 July 1941 | 20 August 1941 | Veteran Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
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[1][2] |
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Roy S. Geiger
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Colonel | 20 August 1941 | 21 April 1943 | commanding general Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
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[1][3] |
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Ralph J. Mitchell | Major general | 21 April 1943 | 1 February 1944 | Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign .
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[1] |
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James T. Moore | Major general | 1 February 1944 | 15 June 1944 | Army Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit; commanded also 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
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[1] |
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Ralph J. Mitchell | Major general | 15 June 1944 | 6 June 1945 | Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign .
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[1] |
6 | Harold C. Major (Acting) | Colonel | 6 June 1945 | 11 June 1945 | Legion of Merit | [1] | |
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Lewie G. Merritt | Brigadier general
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11 June 1945 | 11 August 1945 | Legislative Council; Citadel alumnus; Merritt Field as MCAS Beaufort is named after him
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[1][4][5] |
8 | ![]() |
Claude A. Larkin | Major general | 11 August 1945 | 31 October 1945 | Commanding Officer at Ewa Field during Pearl Harbor attack
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[1][2][6][7] |
9 | ![]() |
Louis E. Woods | Major general | 31 October 1945 | July 1946 | Veteran Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
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[2][8] |
10 | ![]() |
Lawson H. M. Sanderson | Brigadier general | July 1946 | June 1947 | Aviation pioneer, veteran Guadalcanal Campaign, as commanding officer of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Sanderson accepted the Japanese surrender of Wake Island in 1945.
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William L. McKittrick | Brigadier general | June 1947 | September 1947 | Veteran Bougainville Campaign and Battle of Saipan; two awards of Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
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[9] |
12 | ![]() |
Louis E. Woods | Major general | September 1947 | July 1949 | Veteran Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
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[2][8] |
13 | ![]() |
Field Harris | Major general | July 1949 | 27 July 1951 | Graduate Army Distinguished Service Medals
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14 | ![]() |
Christian F. Schilt | Major general | 27 July 1951 | 12 April 1952 | Medal of Honor; General; Veteran World War I, United States occupation of Haiti, United States occupation of Nicaragua, and World War II | [10][11] |
15 | ![]() |
Clayton C. Jerome | Major general | 12 April 1952 | 9 January 1953 | Lieutenant general; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [12][13] |
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Vernon E. Megee | Major general | 9 January 1953 | 7 December 1953 | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
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[14] |
17 | ![]() |
Albert D. Cooley | Major general | 8 December 1953 | 25 March 1954 | Veteran World War II; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal | [15] |
18 | ![]() |
Verne J. McCaul | Major general | 26 March 1954 | 24 August 1954 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; | [16] |
19 | Marion L. Dawson | Major general | 25 August 1954 | 24 September 1955 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; | ||
20 | Samuel S. Jack | Major general | 25 September 1955 | 30 June 1956 | Veteran Nicaraguan Campaign, World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; Recipient of the Navy Cross | ||
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David F. O'Neill | Brigadier general | 1 July 1956 | 27 November 1956 | Veteran of World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; Recipient of the two Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal and three Air Medals | [17] |
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Arthur F. Binney | Major general | 27 November 1956 | December 1957 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1928; | [18] |
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Charles H. Hayes | Brigadier general | December 1957 | April 1959 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1930; | [18] |
24 | ![]() |
Carson A. Roberts | Major general | April 1959 | 1 December 1959 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lieutenant general | [19] |
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Richard C. Mangrum | Major general | 1 December 1959 | April 1960 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [20] |
26 | Avery R. Kier
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Brigadier general | April 1960 | June 1961 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [18] | |
27 | ![]() |
John P. Condon | Major general | June 1961 | August 1962 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1934; | [21] |
28 | Frederick E. Leek | Brigadier general | June 1962 | February 1963 | Commanding general, 1st Marine Division 1961-1962
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[22] | |
29 | Frank C. Tharin | Major general | June 1963 | June 1964 | A veteran of Prisoner of War from December 1941 to September 1945; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross; Legion of Merit; Purple Heart
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Paul J. Fontana | Major general | June 1964 | 24 May 1965 | Flying ace with 5 aerial victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross | [23][24] |
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Keith B. McCutcheon | Brigadier general | 24 May 1965 | 16 May 1966 | Commanding Officer Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1); commanding general, III Marine Amphibious Force; McCutcheon Field at MCAS New River , North Carolina is named in his honor.
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[25][26] |
32 | ![]() |
Louis Robertshaw | Major general | 16 May 1966 | June 1967 | Graduate Inspector General of the Marine Corps
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[27] |
33 | Norman J. Anderson | Major general | June 1967 | 21 June 1968 | Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with three gold stars; Air Medal with two silver stars; graduate UCLA | [28] | |
34 | Charles J. Quilter | Major general | 21 June 1968 | 7 July 1969 | [29] | ||
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William G. Thrash | Major general | 7 July 1969 | 2 July 1970 | Veteran Prisoner of War from May 1952 to September 1953; Navy Distinguished Service Medal with one gold star; Distinguished Flying Cross
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[30] |
36 | Alan J. Armstrong | Major general | 2 July 1970 | April 1971 | Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star | [31] | |
37 | Robert F. Conley (Acting) | Brigadier general | April 1971 | June 1971 | Legion of Merit w/ 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 3 gold stars; Director of Information | ||
38 | ![]() |
Robert G. Owens Jr. | Major general | June 1971 | 1 April 1972 | Flying ace with 7 victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 4 gold stars; commanding general, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [32] |
39 | ![]() |
Leslie E. Brown | Major general | April 1972 | 1 April 1973 | Veteran Combat "V"; Purple Heart with 2 gold stars
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[33] |
40 | ![]() |
Frank C. Lang | Major general | April 1973 | May 1974 | Veteran Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross with 7 stars
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[34] |
41 | Victor A. Armstrong | Major general | May 1974 | January 1975 | Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star
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[35] | |
42 | Norman W. Gourley | Major general | January 1975 | 6 January 1976 | Combat "V" and gold stars Distinguished Flying Cross with three gold stars
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William J. White (Acting) | Brigadier general | 6 January 1976 | 23 February 1976 | Veteran Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross
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[36] |
44 | Noah C. New | Major general | 1976 | 10 February 1978 | Veteran Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross
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[37] | |
45 | ![]() |
John K. Davis | Major general | 15 February 1978 | June 1979 | General; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [38] |
46 | ![]() |
William R. Maloney | Major general | June 1979 | 2 June 1980 | Lieutenant general; Silver Star; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [39] |
47 | ![]() |
William H. Fitch | Major general | 2 June 1980 | 2 June 1982 | Silver Star Medal
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[40] |
48 | ![]() |
Joseph J. Went | Major general | 2 June 1982 | 6 May 1983 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; General; Veteran Vietnam War | [41] |
49 | ![]() |
Frank E. Petersen Jr. | Major general | 6 May 1983 | 1985 | NAACP , 1979.
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[42] |
50 | ![]() |
Charles H. Pitman | Major general | 12 June 1985 | 9 September 1987 | Silver Star Medal
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[43] |
51 | ![]() |
Ross S. Plasterer | Major general | 9 September 1987 | September 1989 | Veteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit; Distinguished Flying Cross | [44] |
52 | Duane A. Wills | Brigadier general | 9 September 1989 | August 1990 | Lieutenant general; Veteran Vietnam War; Distinguished Flying Cross; lettered in football at UCLA; | [45] | |
53 | Norman E. Ehlert | Major general | 6 August 1990 | January 1991 | Lieutenant general; commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force; Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross | [46] | |
54 | ![]() |
Arthur C. Blades | Brigadier general | July 1991 | June 1992 | Silver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross | [47][48] |
55 | William A. Forney | Brigadier general | June 1992 | 24 June 1994 | Veteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit | [49][50] | |
56 | George M. Karamarkovich | Brigadier general | 24 June 1994 | May 1996 | Veteran Vietnam War; Defense Superior Service Medal | [51] | |
57 | ![]() |
Bruce B. Knutson, Jr. | Major general | May 1996 | April 1998 | Lieutenant general | [52] |
58 | ![]() |
Joseph T. Anderson | Major general | April 1998 | 2000 | Veteran Vietnam War; graduate U.S. Naval Academy; Deputy Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | [53][54] |
59 | ![]() |
James E. Cartwright
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Major general | 2000 | 5 August 2002 | General; Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; commander, U.S. Strategic Command | [55] |
60 | ![]() |
John F. Goodman | Major general | 5 August 2002 | 3 June 2004 | United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific; director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance; former NFL quarterback
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[56] |
61 | ![]() |
Duane D. Thiessen | Major general | 3 June 2004 | 10 June 2005 | [57] | |
62 | ![]() |
George J. Trautman, III
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Major general | 10 June 2005 | 8 June 2007 | [58] | |
63 | ![]() |
Robert E. Schmidle, Jr. | Brigadier general | 8 June 2007 | 28 July 2008 | [59] | |
64 | ![]() |
Raymond C. Fox | Brigadier general | 28 July 2008 | 28 June 2010 | [60] | |
65 | William D. Beydler | Brigadier general | 28 June 2010 | 22 June 2012 | [61] | ||
66 | ![]() |
Christopher S. Owens | Brigadier general | 22 June 2012 | 9 July 2013 | [62] | |
67 | ![]() |
Steven R. Rudder | Brigadier general | 9 July 2013 | 30 July 2015 | [63] | |
68 | ![]() |
Russell A. Sanborn | Major general | 30 July 2015 | 29 June 2017 | [64] | |
69 | ![]() |
Thomas D. Weidley
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Brigadier general | 29 June 2017 | 25 June 2019 | Commanding during the loss of 6 Marines in a mid-air collision between an F/A-18D Hornet and a KC-130J Hercules. Formally rebuked after allowing the investigative officer Colonel Samuel Schoolfield to run an unprofessional JAGMAN investigation into the crash.[65][66][67] | [68] |
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Christopher A. McPhillips
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Brigadier general | 25 June 2019 | 11 June 2021 | [69] | |
71 | ![]() |
Brian W. Cavanaugh | Major general | 11 June 2021 | 12 August 2022 | [70] | |
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Eric E. Austin | Major general | 12 August 2022 | Incumbent |
See also
- List of Historically Important U.S. Marines
- List of United States Marine Corps aircraft wings
- List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
- List of 1st Marine Division Commanders
- List of 2nd Marine Division Commanders
- List of 3rd Marine Division Commanders
References
- Inline citations
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- ^ "General Joseph J. Went". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
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- ^ "General Pitman". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ "General Plasterer". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ "Lieutenant General Duane A. Wills". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
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- ^ "Lieutenant General Arthur C. Blades". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "Brigadier General William A. Forney". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
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- ^ "Major General George M. Karamarkovich". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "General Knutson". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ "Major General Anderson". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "Major General Joseph T. Anderson". Careers in Aviation.org. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "General Cartwright". DefenseLink Biography. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ "Lieutenant General John F. Goodman". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ "Major General Thiessen". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ "Lieutenant General Trautman". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ^ "Major General Robert E. Schmidle, Jr". USMC Official Site. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "General Fox". 1st MAW Official Website. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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- ^ "1st MAW hails new CG". MCIPAC Official Website. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Rudder takes command of 1st MAW". MCIPAC Official Website. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Sanborn takes charge as 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general". 1st MAW Official Website. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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