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Marine Transport Squadron 1 is a light transport aircraft squadron of the United States Marine Corps. Also known as the “Roadrunners”, the squadron is based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, TX and falls under the 4th Marine Air Wing, Marine Air Group 41 command.
Mission
Short, medium and long range rapid response/high speed multipurpose light transport of key personnel and critical logistics support to DoD. The squadron also provides wartime movement of high priority passengers and cargo with time, place, or mission-sensitive requirements flown in support of Department of Defense (DoD)-directed wartime operations and other critical Combatant Commander required worldwide wartime commitments.
History
Station Operations and Engineering Squadron (SOES), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina was conceived on July 16, 1941 when the United States Congress approved the purchase of a tract of land in the vicinity of the Neuse River in Craven County, North Carolina. On March 18, 1942, Colonel T. J. Cushman initiated flight operations at Cherry Point when he made the first aircraft landing at Cunningham Field. This was the real beginning of MCAS Cherry Point’s flight operations and a very important moment in the development of SOES.
During January 1943, Aircraft Engineering Squadron 46 (AES-46) was commissioned. With over 1000 Marines, AES-46 was the largest aviation squadron in the Marine Corps and performed myriad airfield support operations. Among its assigned missions, AES-46 was responsible for Air Traffic Control, services to visiting aircraft, station communications, ordnance related activities, and care of the base magazine areas. Other
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