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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma (IATA: YUM, ICAO: KNYL, FAA LID: NYL) is a United States Marine Corps air station in Arizona.It is the home of multiple squadrons of F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401 ...
403rd Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; September 1942–30 April 1944 3036th Army Air Forces Base Unit; 1 May 1944–1 November 1945 Was: Vincent Air Force Base (1951–1959) Now: Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (IATA: YUM, ICAO: KYUM) Sub-bases of Yuma Army Air Field [1] Dateland Army Air Field, 10 miles (16 km) east of Yuma
The base was renamed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS Yuma) on July 20, 1962. In 1965, the Yuma County Board of Supervisors created the Yuma County Airport Authority in accordance with the provisions of section 10-451, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, to take over the airport and all associated activity.
Marine Corps Bases and Air Stations. Insignia Installation Location State Coordinates Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. Yuma. Arizona
Vincent Air Force Base: Yuma: Arizona: 1959 Realigned to the US Marines as Marine Corps Air Station Yuma: Waco Air Force Base Waco: Texas: 1966 Redesignated as James Connally Air Force Base: Walker Air Force Base: Roswell: New Mexico: 1967 Closed Walseth Air Force Base: Seward: Alaska: 1947 Closed Webb Air Force Base: Big Spring: Texas: 1978 ...
Laguna Army Airfield (IATA: LGF, ICAO: KLGF, FAA LID: LGF) is a military airport located at Yuma Proving Ground, 14 miles (12 nmi; 23 km) northeast of the central business district of Yuma, a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The airport has an active air traffic control tower within class D airspace. [1]
Designated as the 4750th Air Base Squadron (Gunnery Training), organized at Yuma County Airport, and assigned to the 1st Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 7 June 1951 Redesignated as the 4750th Air Base Group (Weapons Training) on 2 June 1952 and reassigned to Western Air Defense Force
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron flying the F-35B Lightning II.The squadron is based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).