After six months at Basic School in Quantico, Jim went on to Marine Air Control training and Ron entered the flight training program. Ron thinks they were in Vietnam at the same time in the 1968-1969 timeframe and did contact each other a couple of times over the years; primarily ...
3rd MAB ceased all ground combat and fixed-wing air operations by Marines in Vietnam. HMM-262 redeployed on 7 May to MCAS Kaneohe Bay. HMM-263 redeployed on 15 May to MCAS Quantico while assigned to MAG-26 at MCAS New River. On 26 May, helicopter operations ceased. MAG-16 with HMH-...