1st Marine Aircraft Wing III Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
Engagements
Vietnam War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Michael D. Hicks[1]
Notable commanders
Robert O. Bisson[2]
Military unit
Marine Air Control Group 18 (MACG-18) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma that is currently composed of 4 squadrons and 1 HQ support detachment. The Marine Air Control Group as a whole provides the 1st Marine Aircraft Wings tactical headquarters, positive and procedural control, air traffic control, short range air defense and air defense control to aircraft for the III Marine Expeditionary Force.
^MACG 18 Commanding Officer
^Sherrod 1952, pp. 442.
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