Marine Air Control Group 28

Marine Air Control Group 28
Active
  • 1 July 1943 – 31 December 1955
  • 2 January 1956 - present [1]
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Marine Corps
RoleAviation command & control
Part of2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQMarine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
EngagementsOperation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Kurt M. Gall
Notable
commanders
Walter L. J. Bayler[2]
James E. Webb[2]
Robert O. Bisson

Marine Air Control Group 28 (MACG-28) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point that is currently composed of four command and control squadrons and a low altitude air defense battalion that provide the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing with airspace coordination, air control, immediate air support, fires integration, air traffic control (ATC), radar surveillance, aviation combat element (ACE) communications support, and an integrated ACE command post in support of the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

  1. ^ "Lineage &Honors of Marine Air Control Group 28" (PDF). United States Marine Corps. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Sherrod 1952, pp. 442.