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{{short description|US Marine Corps base in Yuma, Arizona, United States}}
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| footnotes = Airfield shared with [[Yuma International Airport]].<br>'''Source:''' [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2006/00511ad.pdf#nameddest=(NYL)|title=Airport Diagram – Yuma MCAS/Yuma Intl(KNYL) |date=21 May 2020|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>
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'''Marine Corps Air Station Yuma''' or '''MCAS Yuma''' {{Airport codes|YUM|KNYL|NYL}} is a [[United States Marine Corps]] air station in [[Arizona]]. It is the home of multiple squadrons of [[F-35B Lightning II]]s of the [[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]], [[Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1]] (MAWTS-1), [[VMX-1|Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1]] (VMX-1) and [[VMFT-401|Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401]] (VMFT-401), an air combat [[Aggressor squadron|adversary squadron]] of the [[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]] of the [[Marine Corps Reserve]]. It is a designated [[Superfund site]] due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants, including [[asbestos]].

The station is {{convert|2|mi|nmi km}} from the city of [[Yuma, Arizona]]. A joint use civilian-military airport, MCAS Yuma shares airfield facilities with [[Yuma International Airport]] and occupies approximately {{convert|3000|acre}}, most of which is flat [[desert]]. MCAS Yuma also operates an auxiliary airfield on the [[Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range|Barry M. Goldwater Range]].
 
==History==

===Air Force use===
In 1928, the federal government purchased {{convert|640|acre}} near Yuma at the recommendation of Colonel Benjamin F. Fly. Temporary [[soil|dirt]] runways were installed for usage by military and civilian planes. It was called ''Fly Field''.

The outbreak of [[World War II]] transformed the civilian airport into the '''Yuma Army Airfield'''. Construction of facilities began on 1 June 1942 and was activated on 15 December

Yuma AAF was a single-engine flight training school, operated by the [[Army Air Forces Training Command|Army Air Forces Flying Training Command]], West Coast Training Center, later [[Western Flying Training Command]]. Flying training began in January 1943.  Its training unit was the 307th Single Engine Flying Training Group which operated [[North American T-6 Texan|AT-6 Texans]], reporting to the [[37th Flying Training Wing (World War II)|37th Flying Training Wing]]. The base operating unit was the 403d Army Air Force Base Unit.  In 1944, the unit was upgraded to multi-engine flight training, operating [[B-26 Marauder]]s.  In addition to the flying training, a Flexible Gunnery School was established at the airfield in November 1943.  Flight training was discontinued on 23 April 1945 and gunnery training on 31 May 1945.

The base was closed on 1 November 1945.  After the war, the airfield was turned over to the [[Department of the Interior]] as a headquarters for the Bureau of Land Reclamation.

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File:Yumaaaf-1943.jpg|Yuma AAF, 1943
File:Yumaaaf-at6s.jpg|AT-6s from Yuma, 1943
File:Yumaaaf-b-26.jpg|B-26 Marauder from Yuma, 1944
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On 1 January 1954, '''Yuma County Airport''' was reactivated by the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC) as a training facility.  In the mid-1950s, ADC was equipped almost solely with rocket-firing [[F-86|F-86D Sabre]] and [[F-89 Scorpion|F-89C Scorpion]] interceptors, and Headquarters USAF decided they should have their own training base.

Yuma Airport became the home of the 4750th Training Wing (Air Defense). The 4750th had two major components, the 4750th Training Group (Air Defense) and the 4750th Training Squadron.  The group had two flying squadrons assigned – the 4750th TS equipped with six [[F-86|F-86D Sabres]] and six [[F-94 Starfire|F-94C Scorpions]]: and the 4750th Tow Target Squadron equipped with twelve [[T-33 Shooting Star|T-33As]] and eight [[North American B-45 Tornado|B-45As]] used to [[Target tug|tow targets]] for the live fire portion of the course.
[[File:Yumaaaf-gunneryschoolpatch.jpg|thumb|125px|right|Patch from the Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma AAB]]
[[File:4750 air defense wg-emblem.jpg|thumb|125px|right|Emblem of the 4750th Air Defense Wing]]
The first ADC squadron arrived at Yuma for the Rocketry Proficiency Program on 1 February 1954. ADC squadrons rotated through Yuma on a regular basis for a two-week proficiency program that included [[live-fire exercise]]s over the [[Williams AFB]] and [[Luke AFB]] gunnery ranges.

The two-week course included a controller course, many hours in the F-86D simulator and at least one 'live fire' mission flown each day. The targets, usually towed behind B-45A tow ships, were 9'x45' target sleeves, with two radar reflectors attached for the interceptor fire control systems to lock onto. Most of the [[Temporary duty assignment|TDY]] personnel were quartered in tents near the flight line, at least until April 1954 when the first permanent barracks buildings were finished and air conditioned. By June, seven ADC units had rotated through the Yuma program.

Also Headquarters USAF decided to add a separate air-to-air rocketry competition to the annual USAF gunnery meet that was held at [[Nellis Air Force Base|Las Vegas Air Force Base]] (renamed ''Nellis Air Force Base'' in 1950). The Interceptor Phase of the competition would be held at Yuma between 20 June and 27 June 1954.  The competition would take place each year, with the last occurring in 1956.

Several changes occurred during the last half of 1954. On 24 August, Yuma County Airport was redesignated '''Yuma Air Force Base'''. On 1 September, the 4750th Training Wing became the 4750th Air Defense Wing (Weapons). The 4750th Group and squadrons were also redesignated. And on 8 January 1955, the 4750th Tow Target Squadron became the 17th TTS. Between July 1954 and the end of the year, ADC rotated eleven more squadrons through the Yuma program – nine in F-86Ds, and one each in F-94Cs and F-89Ds.

On 1 January 1956, the 4750th Drone Squadron was established as part of the 4750th ADW (Weapons). They were equipped with the brand new [[Ryan Firebee|Ryan Q-2A Firebee]] drone, which was launched from [[A-26 Invader|GB-26C Invader]] aircraft. Although the drones were in place by spring, the first GB-26Cs did not arrive until June, and the first Firebee flight took place in July. The Q-2A Firebees were recovered by [[Piasecki H-21|H-21 helicopters]] after landing on the desert floor.

Yuma AFB was renamed on 13 October 1956 as '''Vincent Air Force Base''', the installation was named for [[Clinton D. Vincent|Brigadier General Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent]], one of Major General [[Claire Chennault]]'s top fighter leaders in the [[China Burma India Theater|China-Burma Theater]] and the second youngest General Officer in U.S. Air Force history, receiving his star at the age of 29. Vincent was the subject of a [[TIME magazine]] article titled "Up Youth",<ref name="Up Youth">{{Citation|date=19 June 1944|title=Up Youth|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711843,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214235125/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711843,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2008|access-date=2008-01-22}}</ref> which covered the meteoric promotions of the [[U.S. Army]] and USAF. Vincent was also an inspiration for the main character in the comic strip [[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|''Terry and the Pirates'']]. Vincent died of a heart attack in 1955 at the age of 40 while serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC) at [[Ent AFB]], Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Vincent/Clinton_Dermott/USA.html|title=Biography of Brigadier-General Clinton Dermott Vincent (1914–1955), USA|website=www.generals.dk}}</ref>

In addition to the fighter units, Vincent AFB was used by Air Defense Command as a general surveillance radar station.  The [[864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]] began operations in 1956 using [[AN/MPS-7]] and [[AN/MPS-14]] radars, the site being designated as "SM-162".

In addition to the main facility, Vincent AFB operated several [[AN/FPS-14]] Gap Filler sites:

* Tacna, AZ            (SM-162A): {{Coord|32|41|01|N|114|03|07|W|display=inline|name=SM-162A}}
* Corn Springs, CA     (SM-162B): {{Coord|33|38|49|N|115|15|36|W|display=inline|name=SM-162B}}
* Stone Cabin, AZ      (SM-162C): {{Coord|33|14|24|N|114|15|27|W|display=inline|name=SM-162C}}
* Palo Verde, CA       (SM-162D): {{Coord|33|17|51|N|114|44|28|W|display=inline|name=SM-162D}}

{{anchor|Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific}}''Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific'' was moved before 1 July 1958 to MCAAS YUMA from [[Naval Air Facility El Centro|NAS El Centro]], California.<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/Naval%20Aviation%20News/1950/pdf/mar59.pdf FLEET AIR GUNNERY UNIT, PACIFIC, IS HOST TO ANNUAL NAVAL AIR WEAPONS MEET] March 1959 - Naval History and Heritage Command "FLEET AIR GUNNERY UNIT, PACIFIC, IS HOST TO ANNUAL NAVAL AIR WEAPONS MEET. 18. FLEE. LEET AIR Gunnery Unit, Pacific, ... to MCAAS YUMA, the annual Naval."</ref><ref name="google/books=D2RGAQAAMAAJ">{{cite journal |title=Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific |journal=Naval Aviation News |date=January 1958 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2RGAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Fleet+Air+Gunnery+Unit+Pacific%22+Yuma&pg=RA14-PA18 |access-date=11 August 2022 |publisher=Chief of Naval Operations |language=en |quote=Because Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific is being moved before July 1 to MCAAS YUMA , the annual Naval Air Weapons meet will be held this year in October at ...}}</ref><ref name="avgeekery-top-gun-long-before">{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Bill |title=Watch: This Top Gun Took Place Long Before Viper and Iceman |url=https://avgeekery.com/watch-this-top-gun-took-place-long-before-viper-and-iceman/ |website=Avgeekery.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=29 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="google/books=A8_V2OxM-b0C">{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Charles F. |title=Hit or Miss |journal=The Marine Corps Gazette |date=December 1962 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8_V2OxM-b0C&dq=%22Fleet+Air+Gunnery+Unit+Pacific%22+Yuma&pg=RA9-PA32 |access-date=11 August 2022 |publisher=Marine Corps Association |language=en |quote=Later, after a tour or so in squadrons, and if the pilots were well qualified, they could receive orders to attend FAGUPAC (Fleet Air Gunnery Unit, Pacific). This Navy training unit, then located at NAS, El Centro, Calif. (later at MCAF, Yuma, Ariz.), had the sole mission of training experienced pilots to become weapons delivery experts...By now you will have noticed that MTG and FAGU have been referred to in the past tense.  Unfortunately, they are no longer around...The reason the MTGs (Marine Training Groups) are not around today is economy. After the Korean war the large influx of pilots into the Marine Corps slowed. (Major, United States Marine Corps) }}</ref>

Vincent AFB was transferred to the [[U.S. Navy]] on 1 Jan 1959, and the tenant radar site was renamed '''Yuma Air Force Station'''. On 20 July 1962, the base designation was changed to Marine Corps Air Station.  In this time frame, the USAF began construction of a new Yuma AFS (RSM-162) about 13 miles south of Yuma. However, the replacement site was never completed, as, in March 1963, the Air Force ordered the 864th AC&W Squadron to inactivate. Operations ceased 1 August 1963.<ref>A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980,  by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado</ref><ref>Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.</ref>

<gallery class="center" widths="220px">
File:Yumaafb-gunnerywinners-1956.jpg| The Eastern Air Defense Force team (ADC), winners of the 1956 USAF Gunnery and Weapons Meet (Interceptor Phase) at Yuma
File:Yumaafb-hangar-1955.jpg|A hangar at Yuma AFB, with one of the B-45A target tugs inside
File:Yumaafb-f-86d-1955.jpg|F-86Ds assigned to the 86th FIS at Youngstown Airport, Ohio, line the Yuma ramp in front of a TB-29A target tug during the summer of 1955.
File:DB-26C Invader of 4750th ADS carrying Q-2A Firebee at Yuma in 1956.jpg| A Ryan Q-2A Firebee target drone under the wing of a 4750th ADS DB-26C launch aircraft at Yuma in 1956. Operations with the Q-2A drone began at Yuma in January 1956.
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===Marine Corps use===
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The 4750th Air Defense Wing was inactivated at Vincent AFB on 15 June 1959 and control of the base was passed over to the [[United States Navy]]. Nine days later the base was turned over to the [[United States Marine Corps]] (USMC). The base was renamed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Vincent Field) on 20 July 1962.

MCAS Yuma is currently the busiest air station in the Marine Corps, offering excellent year-round flying conditions and thousands of acres of open terrain for air-to-ground weapons ranges (including the [[Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range]] and the [[Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range]]- West), and associated [[restricted airspace]] for military flight operations.  During the 1960s, 70s, and early 1980s, MCAS Yuma was home to [[VMFAT-101]], the Marine Corps' [[Fleet Replacement Squadron]] (FRS) for the [[F-4 Phantom II]], training USMC, U.S. Navy, and [[NATO]]/Allied flight crews and maintenance personnel in the F-4B, F-4J, F-4N, and F-4S.  Following the transfer of VMFAT-101 to [[MCAS El Toro]], California in the 1980s, MCAS Yuma became the principal [[Fleet Marine Force, Pacific]] operating base for the [[AV-8B Harrier II]], under the cognizance of [[Marine Aircraft Group 13]] ([[MAG-13]]).

[[Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1]] ([[MAWTS-1]]) is a major aviation command at MCAS Yuma, conducting training for all Marine Corps tactical aviation units, most notably the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course. [[Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401]] ([[VMFT-401]]) is a Marine Air Reserve squadron also based at MCAS Yuma, containing both active duty and Selected Marine Corps Reservists, providing aerial adversary/aggressor services and [[dissimilar air combat training]] (DACT) for all U.S. military services, and selected NATO, Allied, and Coalition partners. This base was also used in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the Marine Corps Airborne Training Center.

MCAS Yuma is currently programmed to become the Marine Corps' initial operating base for the F-35B [[STOVL]] variant of the [[F-35 Lightning II]], the first of which arrived on 16 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Majumdar|first=Dave|title=MCAS Yuma receives [sic] first operational F-35B|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2012/11/mcas-yuma-receives-first-opera.html|publisher=[[Flight Global]]|access-date=20 November 2012|date=17 November 2012}}</ref>

== Tenant Squadrons ==
Flying units based at MCAS Yuma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Kaminski|first=Tom|date=2020|title=Aircraft of the US Marine Corps|url=|magazine=US Navy & Marine Corps Air Power Yearbook 2020|publisher=Key Publishing|page=|pages=88–99|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Marine Corps Air Station Yuma|url=https://www.mcasyuma.marines.mil/|access-date=11 June 2020|publisher=US Marine Corps}}</ref>
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!Insignia
!Squadron
!Code
!Callsign/Nickname
!Assigned Aircraft
!Operational Assignment
|-
|[[File:VMFA-214 Logo.jpg|frameless|92x92px]]
|[[VMFA-214|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214]]
|VMFA-214
|The Blacksheep
|[[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]]
|[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] (3rd MAW)
|-
|[[File:Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 insignia 2016.png|frameless|75x75px]]
|[[VMFA-211|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211]]
|VMFA-211
|Wake Island Defenders
|[[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]]
|[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] (3rd MAW)
|-
|[[File:Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (United States Marine Corps) insignia, 2016.png|frameless|83x83px]]
|[[VMFA-122|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122]]
|VMFA-122
|Werewolves
|[[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]]
|[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] (3rd MAW)
|-
|[[File:VMFA-225 (2020).png|frameless|82x82px]]
|[[VMFA-225|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225]]
|VMFA-225
|Vikings
|[[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]]
|[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] (3rd MAW)
|-
|[[File:VMX-1 Logo.png|frameless|75x75px]]
|[[VMX-1|Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1]]
|VMX-1
|Storm
|[[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B]], [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|MV-22]], [[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion|CH-53]], [[Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack|RQ-21B]], [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1]], [[Bell UH-1Y Venom|UH-1Y]]
|Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR)
|-
|[[File:VMFT-401.png|frameless|74x74px]]
|[[VMFT-401|Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401]]
|VMFT-401
|Snipers
|[[Northrop F-5|F-5N]]
|[[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]] (4th MAW)
|-
|[[File:VMU-1 squadron insignia.png|frameless|76x76px]]
|[[VMU-1|Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1]]
|VMU-1
|Watchdogs
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9A]]
|[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] (3rd MAW)
|}

== Based units ==
Flying and notable non-flying units based at MCAS Yuma.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

=== United States Marine Corps ===
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'''Marine Corps Installations – West'''

* [[Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron]] – [[Beechcraft C-12 Huron|UC-12F Huron]]

'''[[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]]'''

* [[Marine Aircraft Group 13]]
** [[Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13|Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 (MALS-13)]]
** [[VMFA-214|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 (VMFA-214)]] – [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B Lightning II]]
** [[VMFA-122|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122)]] – [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35B Lightning II]]
** [[VMFA-211|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211)]] – F-35B Lightning II
** [[VMFA-225|Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 (VMFA-225)]] – F-35B Lightning II
** [[VMU-1|Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1)]] – [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9A Reaper]]
** Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 (MWSS-371)
* [[Marine Air Control Group 38]]
** [[Marine Air Control Squadron 1|Marine Air Control Squadron 1 (MACS-1)]]
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'''[[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]]'''

* [[Marine Aircraft Group 41]]
** [[VMFT-401|Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401)]] – [[Northrop F-5|F-5F/N Tiger II]]

'''Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps'''

* [[VMX-1|Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1)]] – [[Bell AH-1Z Viper|AH-1Z Viper]], [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey]],MQ-9A Reaper, CH-53K King Stallion and [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1Y Huey]], [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II]]
'''Training and Education Command'''

* [[Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1|Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1)]]
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Arizona|Aviation}}
* [[Yuma International Airport]]
* [[Arizona World War II Army Airfields]]
* [[List of United States Marine Corps installations]]
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
* Larry Davis (1992), F-86 Sabre in Action,  Squadron/Signal Publications
* Larry Davis & Marty Isham (1999), Yuma, Sabre Jet Classics, Volume 7 Number 3 Fall 1999
{{Refend}}

==Additional bibliography==
* Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''.  Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas  {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}
* Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), ''Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy'', Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. {{OCLC|57007862|1050653629}}

==Attribution==
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==External links==
{{Commons category multi |Marine Corps Air Station Yuma|Vincent Air Force Base|Yuma Army Air Field}}
* [http://www.mcasyuma.marines.mil/ MCAS Yuma], official website
* [http://www.yumasun.com/special_sections/desert_flightline/ ''Desert Flightline''], base newspaper
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705023510/http://www.p-38.com/Yuma%20Army%20Air%20Field,%20Arizona.htm Yuma Army Airfield in World War II]
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/YUM/ Yuma International Airport]
* [http://yuma.az.marinecorpsusa.org/ USMC Air Station Yuma Overview & PCS Information] (MarineCorpsUSA.org)

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