Yuma Marine Corps Air Station or Yuma MCAS (ICAO: KNYL , FAA LID: NYL ) is the United States Station air Marine Corps which is home to several AV-8B Harrier II squadrons and F-35B Lightning II of the Third Navy Wings, Sea Flight Weapons and Tactical Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operations Test, and Evaluation Squadron 1 ( VMX-1) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401), air combat squadron of 4 Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Reserve. This is the designated Superfund site due to a number of ground and groundwater contaminants, including asbestos.
The station is located 2 miles (1.7Ã, nmi; 3.2 km) from the city of Yuma, Arizona. Together using the civil-military airport, MCAS Yuma shares an airfield facility with Yuma International Airport and occupies about 3,000 hectares (1,200 ha), of which most are flat deserts.
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Tenant Command
- Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron
- Marine Aircraft Group 13
- Sea Flight Armament and Tactical Squadron 1
- Sea Air Control Squadron 1
- The Logistics Combat Company 16
- Sea Operation Test and Evaluation Squadron 1
- 40A Combat Training Squadron
- Yuma Branch Medical Clinic, Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
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History
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In 1928, the federal government bought 640 acres (260 ha) near Yuma on the recommendation of Colonel Benjamin F. Fly. A temporary runway is installed for use by military and civilian aircraft. It's called Fly Field .
The outbreak of World War II changed the civil airport to Yuma Army Airfield . Construction of the facility began on June 1, 1942 and was activated on December 15th
Yuma AAF is a single-engine flight training school, operated by Air Force Air Force Training Command, West Coast Training Center, then West Flying Training Command. The flight training began in January 1943. The training unit is a Single Engine Triple Training Group 307 that operates AT-6 Texans, reports to the 37th Fly Training Wing. The basic operating unit is the 403d Army Air Force Base Unit. In 1944, the unit was upgraded to a multi-engine flight training, operating the B-26 Marauders. In addition to flying training, the Flexible Gunnery School was established at the airstrip in November 1943. Flight training was suspended on April 23, 1945 and cannon training on May 31, 1945.
The base was closed on November 1, 1945. After the war, the airfield was handed over to the Ministry of the Interior as a base for the Land Reclamation Bureau.
On January 1, 1954, the Yuma County Airport was reactivated by the US Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) as a training facility. In the mid-1950s, ADCs were equipped almost entirely with the shooting of the F-86D Saber and F-89C Scorpion, and USAF Headquarters decided they should have their own training base.
The Yuma Airport is home to the Training Wing 4750 (Air Defense). The 4750 has two main components, the 4750 Training Group (Air Defense) and the 4750 Training Squadron. The group has two flying squadrons assigned - the TS 4750 is equipped with six F-86D Sabers and six Scorpion F-94C: and the Targeted Squad Tow 4750 is equipped with twelve T-33As and eight B-45As used to tow a target for a live fire part of the course.
The first ADC squadron arrived in Yuma for the Rocketry Ability Program on February 1, 1954. The ADC squadron played through Yuma regularly for a two-week skills program that included a live-fire exercise over the range of the AFB Williams gun rifle and Luke AFB.
The two-week course includes a controller course, many hours on the F-86D simulator and at least one 'live fire' mission flown daily. The target, usually drawn behind a B-45A tugboat, is a 9'x45 'target arm, with two radar reflectors installed for the fire interceptor control system to lock up. Most TDY personnel were placed in tents near the flight line, at least until April 1954 when the first permanent barrack building was completed and air conditioning was conditioned. In June, seven ADC units have been screened through the Yuma program.
Also the USAF Headquarters decided to add separate air-to-air rocket competitions for the annual USAF gunfire meeting held at the Las Vegas Air Force Base (renamed Nellis Air Force Base in 1950). The Interceptor Stage Competition will be held in Yuma between June 20 and June 27, 1954. The competition will take place every year, with the last taking place in 1956.
Some changes occurred during the last half of 1954. On August 24th, Yuma County Airport redesigned Yuma Air Force Base . On September 1, Wing Training 4750 became 4750 Defense Air Defense (Weapon). Group 4750 and squadron are also redesigned. And on January 8, 1955, the 4750 Tow Target Squad became the 17th TTS. Between July 1954 and the end of the year, the ADC rotated eleven more squadrons through the Yuma program - nine on the F-86D, and one each at F-94Cs and F-89Ds.
On January 1, 1956, the Drone 4750 Squadron was formed as part of ADW 4750 (Weapon). They are equipped with a new drone Ryan Q-2A Firebee, which was launched from the Invader GB-26C aircraft. Although the drones were put in by Spring, the first GB-26C did not arrive until June, and the first Firebee flight took place in July. The Q-2A Firebees were discovered by H-21 helicopters after landing on the desert floor.
Yuma AFB was renamed on 13 October 1956 as The Air Force Base of Vincent , the installation was named for Brigadier General Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent, one of the top leaders of Major General Claire Chennault in China-Burma Theater and Officer The youngest youngest second in the history of the US Air Force, received his star at the age of 29 years. Vincent is the subject of a TIME magazine article entitled "Up Youth", which includes the army-boosting campaign and the Air Force. Vincent is also the inspiration for the main character on the comic strip of Terry and the Pirates . Vincent died of a heart attack in 1955 at the age of 40 when he served as Deputy Chief of Operations Staff, Air Defense Command (ADC) at Ent AFB, Colorado.
In addition to combat units, Vincent AFB is used by the Air Defense Command as a general surveillance radar station. The 864 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron started operations in 1956 using AN/MPS-7 and AN/MPS-14 radar, the site designated as "SM-162".
In addition to the main facilities, Vincent AFB operates several Filler Gap AN/FPS-14 sites:
- Tacna, AZ (SM-162A): 32Ã, Â ° 41? 01? N 114 Â ° 03? 07? W
- Corn Springs, CA (SM-162B): 33Ã, Â ° 38? 49? N 115Ã, Â ° 15? 36? W
- Cabin Rock, AZ (SM-162C): 33Ã, Â ° 14? 24? N 114 Â ° 15? 27? W
- Palo Verde, CA (SM-162D): 33Ã, Â ° 17? 51? N 114Ã, Â ° 44? 28? W
Vincent AFB was transferred to the Navy on January 1, 1959, and the radar site tenant was renamed the Yuma Air Force Station . On July 20, 1962, the basic designation was changed to Marine Corps Air Station. In this timeframe, the Air Force began building a new Yuma AFS (RSM-162) about 13 miles south of Yuma. However, the replacement site was never completed, because, in March 1963, the Air Force ordered air conditioning & amp; W Squadron 864 to disable. Operation stopped August 1, 1963.
The Marine Corps uses
The 4750th Air Defense Wing was disabled at Vincent AFB on June 15, 1959 and the control of the base was forwarded to the United States Navy. Nine days later the base was handed over to the United States Marine Corps. The base was renamed the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Vincent Field) on July 20, 1962.
MCAS Yuma is currently the busiest air station in the Marine Corps, offering excellent flying conditions throughout the year and thousands of open field acre for range of air-to-ground weapons, and limited air space related to military aviation operations. During the 1960s, 70s, and early 1980s, MCAS Yuma was home to VMFAT-101, Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the F-4 Phantom II, US Marine Corps training, US Navy, and flight NATO/Allied crew and maintenance personnel in F-4B, ​​F-4J, F-4N, and F-4S. After the transfer of VMFAT-101 to MCAS El Toro, California in the 1980s, MCAS Yuma became the main Naval Fleet operations base for the AV-8B Harrier II, under the consciousness of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13).
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1) is the main aviation commander at MCAS Yuma, conducting training for all Marine Corps tactical flight units, mainly Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) training. Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401) is an Air Reserve squadron also based in MCAS Yuma, which contains active duty and Selected Marine Corps, provides air/aggressor enemy services and different air combat training (DACT) for all US military services, and selected NATO, Allied and Coalition partners. This base was also used in the late 80s and early 90s as the Marine Corps Air Force Training Center.
MCAS Yuma is currently programmed to be the base of the Marine Corps's initial operation for the F-35B variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which first arrived on 16 November 2012.
See also
- Yuma International Airport
- Arizona World War II Army Airfields
- List of United States Marine Corps installation
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Radar Station Radar
Note
References
Additional bibliography
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Discovering Legacy, Air Force History, and Air Force Museum, History, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004 Program.
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air and Air Training Command, 1942-2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
Attribution
- Ã, This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force History Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
External links
- MCAS Yuma, the official website
- Desert Flightline , basic newspaper
- Yuma Army Airfield in World War II
- Yuma International Airport
- Yuma USMC Air Station Overview & amp; Information PCS (MarineCorpsUSA.org)
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