Marine Aircraft Group 14

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Marine Aircraft Group 14
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. James T. Bardo
Sergeant MajorSgtMaj Paris E. Mintz
Notable
commanders		William O. Brice
Albert D. Cooley
Roy L. Kline

Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) is a

KC-130
squadron, and an aviation logistics squadron.

Mission

Conduct offensive air support, anti-air warfare,

Marine Air-Ground Task Force or joint and coalition forces, and conduct fleet replacement program training in order to provide combat capable aircrews to operational squadrons.[1]

Subordinate units

AV-8B Harrier
Squadrons

F-35B Lightning II
Squadron

UAV Squadron

KC-130J
Squadron

Aviation Logistics Squadron

  • MALS-14
    "Dragons"

History

World War II

Marine Aircraft Group 14 was formed under the command of Lieutenant colonel

Marine Aircraft Group 23 on 16 October 1942 to become part of the Cactus Air Force. The group would take part in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands just 10 days later. In November 1942 they took part in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and continued to fight in the skies over the island until 4 April 1943 when they were sent to Auckland, New Zealand to rest and refit.[4]

MAG-14 returned to the

Battle of Bougainville.[4]

On 15 February 1944 New Zealand troops captured the

Japanese garrisons of Rabaul and Kavieng.[5]

By 24 January 1945, four fighter squadrons from MAG-14 were operating from

Negros, Mindanao, Cebu and Leyte.[4]

Following the war, the Group returned to the United States in February 1946 and settling at Marine Corps Outlying Field Oak Grove in March 1946. The group moved to MCAS Cherry Point in July 1946 only to be sent back to Oak Grove for a six-month stint beginning in December 1946. During the group's time at Oak Grove it supported combined Caribbean maneuvers during February and March 1947. MAG-14 returned to MCAS Cherry Point on June 6, 1947.[6][7]

The Gulf War & the 1990s

During

VMA-542
provided more than 2,000 offensives in conjunction with delivering close to 4.5 million pounds of ordnance during January and February 1991.

In November 1999,

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron-2 (VMU-2) was reassigned from MAG-14 to Marine Air Control Group 28
(MACG-28) at the decision of the USMC Force Structure Planning Group. On 13 May 2013 VMU-2 was officially reassigned from Marine Air Control Group 28 back to Marine Aircraft Group 14.

Global War on Terror

On 14 May 2012, MWSS-271 was transferred to MAG-14 after Marine Wing Support Group 27 (MWSG-27) was deactivated, but was transferred back on 22 May 2018, when MWSG-27 was reactivated at MCAS Cherry Point.

Unit awards

None

Other awards

None

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Marine Aircraft Group 14". marines.mil. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ Shettle 2001, pp. 103.
  3. ^ Rottman 2002, pp. 435.
  4. ^ a b c Sherrod 1952, pp. 444.
  5. ^ Tillman 2001, pp. 67.
  6. ^ "Marine Aircraft Group 14 Lineage & Honors" (PDF). Marine Corps History Division. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "MAG-14 Back From Duty at Oak Grove" (PDF). Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Windsock. Havelock, North Carolina. 25 June 1947. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

References

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