1st Marine Aircraft Wing

Yesterday, the Marines of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 in Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay pin-on their wings during a special ceremony. Marines who hold the Unmanned Aerial Systems Officer and Unmanned Aerial Systems Operator military occupations are now entitled to wearing breast insignia on their Marine Corps uniform.

Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Weidley was promoted by Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson in front of close friends and family on May 18, 2018 at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. See more

Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the first complete Marine air group to be transported by sea to a combat zone, launched from the USS Princeton to the shores of Vietnam, Sept. 1, 1965. See More

1st Marine Aircraft Wing held a spouse seminar titled 'The Essentials: Tactical Tools for the Military Spouse,' an opportunity designed and delivered by spouses for spouses, on April 20, 2018 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. See More

Cpl. Kodiak McBrayer, a cryogenics equipment operator with Marine Wing Liaison Kadena, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, discovered a fault that would ignite change within the Marine Corps and Navy forever. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jessica Etheridge) See more

Brig. Gen. Thomas D. Weidley, commanding general of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, welcomes Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 as they begin their Unit Deployment Program with 1st MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 26th, 2018.

After the Women's Armed Forces Integration Act was passed in 1948, countless women have risen to the challenge of being a U.S. Marine. In 1975 female Marines were authorized to work in air crews and as pilots. It wasn't until 1995 when Sarah Burrow became the first female Marine to earn her wings. Now women make up seven percent of the Corps, but the number continues to grow. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Natalie Dillon) See More

1ST MAW NEWS

MAG-36 | Remembering Hue City April 12, 2018 — Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the first complete Marine air group to be transported by sea to a combat zone, launched from the USS Princeton to the shores of Vietnam, Sept. 1, 1965. Immediately, they began providing troop lifts, air strikes, medical evacuation, resupplies, and reconnaissance insertions and extractions in the southern area of operations. MORE

1st MAW honors U.S.-Philippine alliance April 11, 2018 — KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1902, the U.S. and Philippines have worked diligently to maintain an unshakable alliance. During WWII, that alliance was put to the test when 1st Marine Aircraft Wing took to the skies in the Philippine theater to drive out the invading Imperial Japanese Army. MORE

Haitian-national suffers tragic loss, fosters family ties with his Sailors April 2, 2018 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Chief Petty Officer Ophael J. Myrtil, a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As an infant, Myrtil’s life took a devastating turn when he lost 24 family members, including his mother and brother, in a motor vehicle accident. MORE

HMLA-367 bids farewell to AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters March 14, 2018 — Since their arrival in 2012, the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters have been flown out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii as a part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. With the introduction of the newest variant of the aircraft, the AH-1Z Viper, the whiskey models took flight for one last time with HMLA-367, March 13, 2018. MORE

Sgt. Maj. Ortega bids MAG-12 farewell, Sgt. Maj. Johnson takes charge March 8, 2018 — .S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Miguel A. Ortega relinquished his post as sergeant major of Marine Aircraft Group 12 during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 8, 2018. MORE

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