Marine Air Support Squadron 3, is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provides the Direct Air Support Center for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. They are based out
Sergeant Howard J. Johnson, with MASS-3 Det A, strolls along with what's left of an enemy flag he captured when an estimated 40 enemy attacked his unit's position four miles west of Da Nang.
IRAQ – Lance Cpl. John A. Marcogliese of MASS-3 stands guard at one of several Olympic stadiums in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
MASS-3 logo from Iraq 2006
Marines from MASS-3, Air Support Liaison Team, deployed to MOB Lashkar Gah in support of the UK's Operation Herrick XVI
The Direct Air Support Center is the principal United States Marine Corps aviation command and control system and the air control agency responsible for the direction of air operations directly suppor
Marine Air Support Squadron 3
…Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provides the Direct Air Support Center (DASC) for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. They are based out of the 32 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and fall under the…
Overhead shot of a DASC setup
Photo showing MTACS-2's Air Support Section at Hagaru-ri during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
Photo of the AN/TPQ-10 Radar outside of the MASS-3 Headquarters building on Camp Pendleton, CA. This is one of the radars employed by the ASRTs during the Vietnam War.