Videos

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fire M240B machine guns in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2025. MASS-2 conducted live-fire training, improving their proficiency with crew-served weapon systems and enhanced force protection capabilities in an expeditionary advanced base operations environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Catindig)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Alejandro Hernandezcandelario, an air control support officer with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, explains the capabilities of the Multifunction Air Operations Center during Marine Air Command and Control System Integrated Simulated Training Exercise (MISTEX) 24 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2024. MISTEX provides Marine Air Control Group 18 with a simulated training environment to refine MAOC tactics, techniques, and procedures and integrate air traffic control across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera)

Marine Air Control Group 18’s 75th anniversary highlights an illustrious history of invaluable service. MACG-18’s lineage can be traced back to Marine Air Warning Squadron 2 which was activated on 8 January 1944 following the battle of Guadalcanal. MACG-18 has served in every war since World War II and they continue to serve faithfully today. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dakota Heathwarr)

Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a Devil Dog squad competition Jan. 4, 2018 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The unit also ran a 9-mile relay run and held a formation run in celebration of the unit's 75th birthday. MASS-2 has spent all of it's existence dedicated to supporting operations and exercises in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Natalie Dillon)

Fighting and winning our nation’s battles since July 7, 1941, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the Aviation Combat Element of III Marine Expeditionary Force, provides combat ready, task organized forces capable of conducting aviation operations across all six functions of Marine Aviation in naval and expeditionary environments, and commands and controls aviation forces through the Tactical Air Command Center in order to contribute to the accomplishment of our nation's security objectives as required by standing operational plans in the Pacific Command's area of responsibility, engagement operations in support of Marine Forces Pacific, overseas contingency operations, and other operations as directed. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)