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

Command Master Chief Q and A February 25, 2018 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan- Command Master Chief Curtis D. Blunt, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, is a seasoned member of the United States military. Having dedicated more than 30 years of his life, he has risen to the top of enlisted naval ranks and sits as the 1st MAW Command Master Chief. As an advisor to the commanding general, Blunt holds a title detrimental to enlisted Marines and Sailors. However, many junior Marines and Sailors may not know what Blunt can do for them. Blunt, a Chickasha, Oklahoma native, took time to answer some important questions about his job in an effort to show not only his Sailors, but his Marines too, what he does and why it ties into the bigger picture of making a more capable fighting force. MORE