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
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Marine Aircraft Group 43 was a fixed wing aviation group in the United States Marine Corps Reserve based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Marine Air Support Squadron 3
…terminal control assets and procedurally control aircraft. Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron 3 (MTACS-3) was commissioned on 3 August 1950 under Marine Air Control Group 2 and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. On 28 March 1951 the squadron moved under the command of Marine Air Control Group 3 (MACG-3). From 22 to 24 May 1951…
MAG-43 Marines manage the vertical plotting board inside the Air Defense Control Center during the Battle of Okinawa.
MACG-2 re-enlistment sign on K-3 Air Base during the Korean War.