Marine Aircraft Group 14

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Marine Aircraft Group 14
MAG-14 Insignia
Active	N/A
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Fixed Wing
Role	Close air support Air interdiction Aerial reconnaissance Electronic warfare
Part of	2nd Marine Aircraft Wing II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom

Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) is a United States Marine Corps aviation unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point that is currently composed of four AV-8B Harrier squadrons, four EA-6B Prowler squadrons, two KC-130 squadrons and a maintenance and logistics squadron.

Contents 1 Mission 2 Subordinate units 3 History 3.1 World War II 3.2 Korean War 3.3 Vietnam War 3.4 The Gulf War & the 1990s 3.5 Global War on Terror 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Mission

Conduct offensive air support, anti-air warfare, electronic warfare, assault support, and air reconnaissance operations in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force or joint and coalition forces, and conduct fleet replacement program training in order to provide combat capable aircrews to operational squadrons.

[edit] Subordinate units

AV-8B Harrier squadrons

• VMA-223
• VMA-231
• VMA-542
• VMAT-203

EA-6B Prowler squadrons

• VMAQ-1
• VMAQ-2
• VMAQ-3
• VMAQ-4

KC-130 Squadrons

• VMGR-252
• VMGRT-253

Maintenance squadron

• MALS-14

[edit] History

[edit] World War II

[edit] Korean War

[edit] Vietnam War

[edit] The Gulf War & the 1990s

[edit] Global War on Terror

[edit] See also

• List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
• List of United States Marine Corps aircraft groups

[edit] External links

• MAG-14's official website