List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanders

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing is an aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps that serves as the Aviation Combat Element of the III Marine Expeditionary Force. The wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Activated in 1941, the wing has seen heavy combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. __TOC__

Commanding generals

#PictureNameRankStartEndNotabilityRef 1WoodsLouis E. WoodsO-04 Lieutenant colonelVeteran Guadalcanal Campaign, veteran Okinawa Campaign, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 2GeigerRoy S. GeigerO-04 Colonel Navy Cross; commanding general Fleet Marine Force, Pacific 3MitchellRalph J. MitchellO-04 Major general Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign. 4MooreJames T. MooreO-04 Major general Army Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit; commanded also 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 5MitchellRalph J. MitchellO-04 Major general Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign. 6MajorHarold C. Major (Acting)O-04 Colonel Legion of Merit 7MerrittLewie G. MerrittO-04 Brigadier general World War I veteran; director, South Carolina Legislative Council; Citadel alumnus; Merritt Field as MCAS Beaufort is named after him 8LarkinClaude A. LarkinO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; MAG-21 Commanding Officer at Ewa Field during Pearl Harbor attack 9WoodsLouis E. WoodsO-04 Major generalVeteran Guadalcanal Campaign, veteran Okinawa Campaign, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 10SandersonLawson H. M. SandersonO-04 Brigadier generalAviation pioneer, veteran Guadalcanal Campaign, as commanding officer of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Sanderson accepted the Japanese surrender of Wake Island in 1945. 11McKittrickWilliam L. McKittrickO-04 Brigadier generalVeteran Bougainville Campaign and Battle of Saipan; two awards of Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 12WoodsLouis E. WoodsO-04 Major generalVeteran Guadalcanal Campaign, veteran Okinawa Campaign, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 13HarrisField HarrisO-04 Major generalGraduate U.S. Naval Academy; Lieutenant general; Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals 14 SchiltThomas J. Cushman (Acting)O-04 Brigadier generalLieutenant general; commanding general, 4th Marine Base Defense Air Wing (World War II) and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 15 SchiltChristian F. SchiltO-04 Major generalMedal of Honor; General; Veteran World War I, United States occupation of Haiti, United States occupation of Nicaragua, and World War II 16JeromeClayton C. JeromeO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 17MegeeVernon E. MegeeO-04 Major generalAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general Fleet Marine Force Pacific; Air Force Distinguished Service Medal 18CooleyAlbert D. CooleyO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal 19McCaulVerne J. McCaulO-04 Major generalAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; 20DawsonMarion L. DawsonO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; 21JackSamuel S. JackO-04 Major generalVeteran Nicaraguan Campaign, World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; Recipient of the Navy Cross 22O'NeillDavid F. O'NeillO-04 Brigadier generalVeteran of World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; Recipient of the two Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal and three Air Medals 23BinneyArthur F. BinneyO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1928; 24HayesCharles H. HayesO-04 Brigadier generalAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1930; 25RobertsCarson A. RobertsO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lieutenant general 26MangrumRichard C. MangrumO-04 Major generalAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 27KierAvery R. KierO-04 Brigadier generalVeteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing 28CondonJohn P. CondonO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1934; 29LeekFrederick E. LeekO-04 Brigadier generalCommanding general, 1st Marine Division June–July 1961; Assistance Division Commander, 1st Marine Division 1961-1962 30TharinFrank C. TharinO-04 Major generalA veteran of Battle of Wake Island;Prisoner of War from December 1941 to September 1945; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross; Legion of Merit; Purple Heart 31FontanaPaul J. FontanaO-04 Major generalFlying ace with 5 aerial victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross 32McCutcheonKeith B. McCutcheonO-04 Brigadier generalGeneral; Distinguished Flying Cross; Army Silver Star Medal; Commanding Officer Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1); commanding general, III Marine Amphibious Force; McCutcheon Field at MCAS New River, North Carolina is named in his honor. 33RobershawLouis RobertshawO-04 Major generalGraduate U.S. Naval Academy; captain of the 1935 Naval Academy football team; Inspector General of the Marine Corps 34AndersonNorman J. AndersonO-04 Major generalNavy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with three gold stars; Air Medal with two silver stars; graduate UCLA 35QuilterCharles J. QuilterO-04 Major general 36ThrashWilliam G. ThrashO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War; Prisoner of War from May 1952 to September 1953; Navy Distinguished Service Medal with one gold star; Distinguished Flying Cross 37ArmstrongAlan J. ArmstrongO-04 Major generalNavy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star 38ConleyRobert F. Conley (Acting)O-04 Brigadier generalLegion of Merit w/ 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 3 gold stars; Director of Information 39OwensRobert G. Owens Jr.O-04 Major generalFlying ace with 7 victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 4 gold stars; commanding general, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing 40OwensLeslie E. BrownO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II; Korean War, and Vietnam War; Silver Star with gold star; Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross; Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"; Purple Heart with 2 gold stars 41LangFrank C. LangO-04 Major generalVeteran World War II; Korean War, and Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross with 7 stars 42ArmstrongVictor A. ArmstrongO-04 Major generalMajor general; Veteran World War II; Korean War, and Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star 43GourleyNorman W. GourleyO-04 Major generalMajor general; Veteran World War II; Korean War, and Vietnam War; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and gold stars Distinguished Flying Cross with three gold stars 44WhiteWilliam J. White (Acting)O-04 Brigadier generalVeteran Korean War, and Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross 45NewNoah C. NewO-04 Major generalVeteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross 46DavisJohn K. DavisO-04 Major generalGeneral; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing 47MaloneyWilliam R. MaloneyO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; Silver Star; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 48FitchWilliam H. FitchO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; Silver Star Medal 49 WentJoseph J. WentO-04 Major generalAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; General; Veteran Vietnam War 50PetersenFrank E. Petersen Jr.O-04 Major generalLieutenant general; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gray Eagle Award; Man of the Year, NAACP, 1979. 51PitmanCharles H. PitmanO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; Silver Star Medal 52PlastererRoss S. PlastererO-04 Major generalVeteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit; Distinguished Flying Cross 53WillsDuane A. WillsO-04 Brigadier generalLieutenant general; Veteran Vietnam War; Distinguished Flying Cross; lettered in football at UCLA; 54EhlertNorman E. EhlertO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force; Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross 55BladesArthur C. BladesO-04 Brigadier generalSilver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross 56ForneyWilliam A. ForneyO-04 Brigadier generalVeteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit 57KaramarkovichGeorge M. KaramarkovichO-04 Brigadier generalVeteran Vietnam War; Defense Superior Service Medal 58KnutsonBruce B. Knutson, Jr.O-04 Major generalLieutenant general 59AndersonJoseph T. AndersonO-04 Major generalVeteran Vietnam War; graduate U.S. Naval Academy; Deputy Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 60CartwrightJames E. CartwrightO-04 Major generalGeneral; Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; commander, U.S. Strategic Command 61GoodmanJohn F. GoodmanO-04 Major generalLieutenant general; Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Soldiers Medal; Veteran Vietnam War; commander, United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific; director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance; former NFL quarterback 62ThiessenDuane D. ThiessenO-04 Major general 63TrautmanGeorge J. Trautman, IIIO-04 Major general 64SchmidleRobert E. Schmidle, Jr.O-04 Brigadier general 65FoxRaymond C. FoxO-04 Brigadier general 66BeydlerWilliam D. BeydlerO-04 Brigadier general 67OwensChristopher S. OwensO-04 Brigadier general 68RudderSteven R. RudderO-04 Brigadier general 69SanbornRussell A. SanbornO-05 Major general 70WeidleyThomas D. WeidleyO-04 Brigadier generalCommanding during the loss of 6 Marines in a mid-air collision between an F/A-18D Hornet and a KC-130J Hercules. Formally rebuked after allowing the investigative officer Colonel Samuel Schoolfield to run an unprofessional JAGMAN investigation into the crash. 71McPhillipsChristopher A. McPhillipsO-04 Brigadier general 72CavanaughBrian W. CavanaughO-04 Major general 73AustinEric E. AustinO-04 Major general 74AnnibaleMarcus B. AnnibaleO-04 Major general 75AnnibaleSimon M. DoranO-04 Brigadier generalIncumbent

List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanders

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