Provide a task-organized Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS) in order to enable the six functions of Marine Aviation in support of the MAGTF's Aviation Combat Element.
Marine Air Control Group 3 was commissioned on 28 March 1951 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.[1] The group was formed during the Korean War to replace Marine Air Control Group 2 that deployed to South Korea in March and April 1951.[2] Following the end of the Korean War and a restructure within Marine Corps aviation, MACG-3 was decommissioned on 31 December 1955.
Reactivation through the 1980s
The Group was reactivated on 1 September 1967, at MCAS El Toro.
In the summer of 2002, planning for the possible invasion of Iraq began in earnest for west coast MACCS units attached to the I Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF). I MEF had the lead for planning the 2003 invasion of Iraq however the scope and scale of