Marine Aircraft Group 41
| Marine Aircraft Group 41 | |
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MAG-41 Insignia
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| Active | January 1, 1943 - present |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Type | Fixed Wing Aircraft Group |
| Role |
Offensive Air Support Antiair Warfare Aerial Reconnaissance Assault Support |
| Size | 1,800 Marines |
| Part of |
4th Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Forces Reserve |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth |
| Engagements |
World War II Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Col P. T. Patrick |
| Notable commanders |
Col John F. Goodman |
Marine Aircraft Group 41 (MAG-41) is a United States Marine Corps reserve aviation unit based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas that is currently composed of one F/A-18A+ squadron, one KC-130T squadron, an aviation logistics squadron, as well as detachments from wing support and air control squadrons. Following decommissioning of Marine Aircraft Group 46 in 2009, MAG-41 also assumed command responsibility for the geographically separated Northrop F-5F aggressor squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and a Boeing Vertol CH-46 squadron HMM-764 based at Edwards Air Force Base, California. HMM-764 transitioned to the MV-22B in 2013 and relocated to MCAS Miramar.
Train, man, equip, and sustain an expeditionary aviation combat element (ACE), Combined Forces Air Component Commander (CFACC) element, an aviation logistics squadron, a fighter-attack squadron, a fighter adversary squadron and an aerial refueler/assault support squadron in order to deploy/employ as a MAG/ACE, a special purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), or any combination of capabilities in support of MAGTF or Combined/Joint Warfare.
Fixed Wing Squadrons
Tiltrotor Squadron
Aviation Support Squadrons
Marine Base Defense Group 41 was first organized in the Fleet Marine Force on January 1, 1943, at MCAS El Toro, California. With need for support in the growing war in the Pacific, on November 10, 1944 it received the designation Marine Aircraft Group 41,with the mission “…to administer and supervise training and activities of attached squadrons for combat in the Pacific.” Originally, there was only a headquarters, service and single fighter squadron in the group, but as the scope of Marine aviation in World War II grew, MAG-41 simultaneously expanded to include six tactical squadrons and a maintenance squadron, now Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41.
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