Marine Wing Support Squadron 472

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 472

MWSS-472'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 NASJRB Willow Grove
Nickname Dragons
Engagements Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
LtCol John A Franklin

Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 (MWSS-472) is a reserve aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps. The Headquarters Element of MWSS 472 (-) is located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. In addition to serving as the squadron headquarters, it is also the primary site for all of the Airfield Operations specific Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs). Military Police and communications MOS’s are also located at Detachment (-). MWSS 472 Detachment A is located at Wyoming, Pennsylvania and serves as the squadrons’ primary site for motor transport operations and maintenance, as well as food services. Detachment B is located at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts and serves as the squadron’s primary engineer services Site. The squadron is part of Marine Wing Support Group 47 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. Due to a re-organization within Marine aviation, the squadron is set to move to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey by 2011.[1]

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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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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the United States Marines Corps.
  1. ^ LtGen John Castellaw (2007). "2007 Marine Aviation Plan". . Headquarters Marine Corps Retrieved on 2007-11-18.

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