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.
Commanding generals
# | Picture | Name | Rank | Start | End | Notability | Ref |
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1 | Louis E. Woods | Lieutenant colonel | July 7, 1941 | August 20, 1941 | Veteran 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 | [1][2] | |
2 | Roy S. Geiger | Colonel | August 20, 1941 | April 21, 1943 | Navy Cross Medal; commanding general Fleet Marine Force, Pacific | [1][3] | |
3 | Ralph J. Mitchell | Major general | April 21, 1943 | February 1, 1944 | Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign. | [1] | |
4 | James T. Moore | Major general | February 1, 1944 | June 15, 1944 | Army Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit; commanded also 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [1] | |
5 | Ralph J. Mitchell | Major general | June 15, 1944 | June 6, 1945 | Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals; director of Marine Corps Aviation 1939-1943; Distinguished Flying Cross from Nicaraguan Campaign. | [1] | |
6 | Harold C. Major (Acting) | Colonel | June 6, 1945 | June 11, 1945 | Legion of Merit | [1] | |
7 | Lewie G. Merritt | Brigadier general | June 11, 1945 | August 11, 1945 | World War I veteran; director, South Carolina Legislative Council; Citadel alumni; Merritt Field as MCAS Beaufort is named after him | [1][4][5] | |
8 | Claude A. Larkin | Major general | August 11, 1945 | October 31, 1945 | Lieutenant general; MAG-21 Commanding Officer at Ewa Field during Pearl Harbor attack | [1][2][6][7] | |
9 | Louis E. Woods | Major general | October 31, 1945 | July 1946 | Veteran 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 | [2][8] | |
10 | Lawson H. M. Sanderson | Brigadier general | July 1946 | June 1947 | Aviation pioneer, veteran Guadalcanal Campaign, as commanding officer of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Sanderson accepted the Japanese surrender of Wake Island in 1945. | ||
11 | William L. McKittrick | Brigadier general | June 1947 | September 1947 | Veteran Bougainville Campaign and Battle of Saipan; two awards of Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [9] | |
12 | Louis E. Woods | Major general | September 1947 | July 1949 | Veteran 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 | [2][8] | |
13 | Field Harris | Major general | July 1949 | July 27, 1951 | Graduate U.S. Naval Academy; Lieutenant general; Navy and Army Distinguished Service Medals | ||
14 | Christian F. Schilt | Major general | July 27, 1951 | April 12, 1952 | Medal of Honor; General; Veteran World War I, United States occupation of Haiti, United States occupation of Nicaragua, and World War II | [10][11] | |
15 | Clayton C. Jerome | Major general | April 12, 1952 | January 9, 1953 | Lieutenant general; commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [12][13] | |
16 | Vernon E. Megee | Major general | January 9, 1953 | December 7, 1953 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general Fleet Marine Force Pacific; Air Force Distinguished Service Medal | [14] | |
17 | Albert D. Cooley | Major general | December 8, 1953 | March 25, 1954 | Veteran World War II; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal | [15] | |
18 | Verne J. McCaul | Major general | March 26, 1954 | August 24, 1954 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; | [16] | |
19 | Marion L. Dawson | Major general | August 25, 1954 | September 24, 1955 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; | ||
20 | Samuel S. Jack | Major general | September 25, 1955 | June 30, 1956 | Veteran Nicaraguan Campaign, World War II and Korean War; Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; Recipient of the Navy Cross | ||
21 | David F. O'Neill | Major general | July 1, 1956 | January 1957 | Veteran 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 | ||
22 | Arthur F. Binney | Major general | January 1957 | December 1957 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1928; | [17] | |
23 | Charles H. Hayes | Brigadier general | December 1957 | April 1959 | Assistant 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; | [17] | |
24 | Carson A. Roberts | Major general | April 1959 | December 1, 1959 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lieutenant general | [18] | |
25 | Richard C. Mangrum | Major general | December 1, 1959 | April 1960 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Veteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [19] | |
26 | Avery R. Kier | Brigadier general | April 1960 | June 1961 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; Navy Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [17] | |
27 | John P. Condon | Major general | June 1961 | August 1962 | Veteran World War II and Korean War; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; graduate U.S. Naval Academy in 1934; | [20] | |
28 | Frederick E. Leek | Brigadier general | June 1962 | February 1963 | Commanding general, 1st Marine Division June–July 1961; Assistance Division Commander, 1st Marine Division 1961-1962 | [21] | |
29 | George S. Bowman | Major general | February 1, 1963 | 1964 | [17] | ||
30 | Paul J. Fontana | Major general | 1964 | May 24, 1965 | Flying ace with 5 aerial victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross | [22][23] | |
31 | Keith B. McCutcheon | Brigadier general | May 24, 1965 | May 16, 1966 | General; 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. | [24][25] | |
32 | Louis Robertshaw | Major general | May 16, 1966 | June 1967 | Graduate U.S. Naval Academy; captain of the 1935 Naval Academy football team; Inspector General of the Marine Corps | [26] | |
33 | Norman J. Anderson | Major general | June 1967 | June 21, 1968 | Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with three gold stars; Air Medal with two silver stars; graduate UCLA | [27] | |
34 | Charles J. Quilter | Major general | June 21, 1968 | July 7, 1969 | [28] | ||
35 | William G. Thrash | Major general | July 7, 1969 | July 2, 1970 | Veteran 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 | [29] | |
36 | Alan J. Armstrong | Major general | July 2, 1970 | April 1971 | Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star | [30] | |
37 | Robert G. Owens Jr. | Major general | April 1971 | April 1, 1972 | Flying ace with 7 victories; Navy Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 4 gold stars; commanding general, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [31] | |
38 | Leslie E. Brown | Major general | April 1972 | April 1, 1973 | Veteran 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 | [32] | |
39 | Frank C. Lang | Major general | April 1973 | May 1974 | Veteran World War II; Korean War, and Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and 2 gold stars; Distinguished Flying Cross with 7 stars | [33] | |
40 | Victor A. Armstrong | Major general | May 1974 | January 1975 | Lieutenant 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 | [34] | |
41 | William J. White (Acting) | Brigadier general | January 6, 1976 | February 23, 1976 | Veteran Korean War, and Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross | [35] | |
42 | Noah C. New | Major general | 1976 | February 10, 1978 | Veteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit with Combat "V"; Distinguished Flying Cross | [36] | |
43 | John K. Davis | Major general | February 15, 1978 | June 1979 | General; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | [37] | |
44 | William R. Maloney | Major general | June 1979 | June 2, 1980 | Lieutenant general; Silver Star; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; commanding general 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; commanding general 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | [38] | |
45 | William H. Fitch | Major general | June 2, 1980 | June 2, 1982 | Lieutenant general; Silver Star Medal | [39] | |
46 | Joseph J. Went | Major general | June 2, 1982 | May 6, 1983 | Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; General; Veteran Vietnam War | [40] | |
47 | Frank E. Petersen Jr. | Major general | May 6, 1983 | 1985 | Lieutenant general; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gray Eagle Award; Man of the Year, NAACP, 1979. | [41] | |
48 | Charles H. Pitman | Major general | June 12, 1985 | September 9, 1987 | Lieutenant general; Silver Star Medal | [42] | |
49 | Ross S. Plasterer | Major general | September 9, 1987 | September 1989 | Veteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit; Distinguished Flying Cross | [43] | |
50 | Duane A. Wills | Brigadier general | September 9, 1989 | August 1990 | Lieutenant general; Veteran Vietnam War; Distinguished Flying Cross; lettered in football at UCLA; | [44] | |
51 | Norman E. Ehlert | Major general | August 6, 1990 | January 1991 | Lieutenant general; commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force; Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross | [45] | |
52 | Arthur C. Blades | Brigadier general | July 1991 | June 1992 | Silver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross | [46][47] | |
53 | William A. Forney | Brigadier general | June 1992 | June 24, 1994 | Veteran Vietnam War; Legion of Merit | [48][49] | |
54 | George M. Karamarkovich | Brigadier general | June 24, 1994 | May 1996 | Veteran Vietnam War; Defense Superior Service Medal | [50] | |
55 | Bruce B. Knutson, Jr. | Major general | May 1996 | April 1998 | Lieutenant general | [51] | |
56 | Joseph T. Anderson | Major general | April 1998 | 2000 | Veteran Vietnam War; graduate U.S. Naval Academy; Deputy Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | [52][53] | |
57 | James E. Cartwright | Major general | 2000 | August 5, 2002 | General; Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; commander, U.S. Strategic Command | [54] | |
58 | John F. Goodman | Major general | August 5, 2002 | June 3, 2004 | Lieutenant 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 | [55] | |
59 | Duane D. Thiessen | Major general | June 3, 2004 | June 10, 2005 | [56] | ||
60 | George J. Trautman, III | Major general | June 10, 2005 | June 8, 2007 | [57] | ||
61 | Robert E. Schmidle, Jr. | Brigadier general | June 8, 2007 | July 28, 2008 | [58] | ||
62 | Raymond C. Fox | Brigadier general | July 28, 2008 | June 28, 2010 | [59] | ||
63 | William D. Beydler | Brigadier general | June 28, 2010 | June 22, 2012 | [60] | ||
64 | Christopher S. Owens | Brigadier general | June 22, 2012 | July 9, 2013 | [61] | ||
65 | Steven R. Rudder | Brigadier general | July 9, 2013 | July 30, 2015 | [62] | ||
66 | Russell A. Sanborn | Major general | July 30, 2015 | June 29, 2017 | [63] | ||
67 | Thomas D. Weidley | Brigadier general | June 29, 2017 | June 25, 2019 | [64] | ||
68 | Christopher A. McPhillips | Brigadier general | June 25, 2019 | Incumbent | [65] |
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See also
- List of Historically Important U.S. Marines
- List of United States Marine Corps aircraft wings
- List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
- List of 1st Marine Division Commanders
- List of 2nd Marine Division Commanders
- List of 3rd Marine Division Commanders
References
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