Marine Wing Support Squadron 471

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 471

MWSS-471's insignia
Active
Country United States
Branch USMC
Type Aviation ground support battalion
Part of Marine Wing Support Group 47
4th Marine Aircraft Wing
Garrison/HQ Minneapolis, Minnesota
Engagements Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
LtCol Tom M. Rogers

Marine Wing Support Squadron 471 (MWSS-471) is a reserve aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with outlying detachments in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and Mount Clemens, Michigan. The squadron is part of Marine Wing Support Group 47 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.

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Provide all essential Aviation Ground Support requirements to a designated fixed-wing component of an Aviation Combat Element (ACE) and all supporting or attached elements of the Marine Air Control Group.

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