TABLE OF ORGANIZATION NUMBER..............8600X MARINE AIRCRAFT WING (MAW) MARINE FORCES
1. PROMULGATION STATEMENT
This Table of Organization prescribes the configuration of the Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW).
2.ORGANIZATION
MARINE AIRCRAFT WING HEADQUARTERS (MAW HQ)
MARINE WING HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON (MWHS)
MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP (MACG)
MARINE WING SUPPORT GROUP (MWSG)
MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP(S) - FIXED WING (MAG-F/W)
MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP(S) - ROTARY WING (MAG-R/W)
3. MISSION, TASKS AND FUNCTIONS a. Mission. The mission of the MAW is to conduct air operations in support of the Marine Forces to include Offensive Air Support, Antiair Warfare, Assault Support, Aerial Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, and Control of Aircraft and Missiles. As a collateral function, the MAW may participate as an integral component of naval aviation in the execution of such other Navy functions as the Fleet Commander may direct.
b. Tasks
(1) Plan and execute air operations in support of the Marine Forces and such other air operations as may be directed by higher authority.
(2) Conduct tactical air operations as the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
(3) Provide essential aviation logistics and conduct ground support operations to sustain aviation operations.
c. Functions
(1) Offensive Air Support (OAS). Conduct air operations against enemy installations, facilities, and personnel in order to destroy, neutralize, interdict, or isolate enemy military forces and military resources. provide fires and force protection in order to shape the battlespace by delaying enemy reinforcements, degrading critical enemy functions, and manipulating enemy perceptions.
(a) Close Air Support (CAS). Provide fixed-wing and rotary-wing offensive air support against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces.
(b) Deep Air Support (DAS). Provide actions against enemy targets at such a distance from friendly forces that detailed integration of each mission with fire and movement of friendly forces is not required.
(2) Antiair Warfare (AAW). Destroy or reduce the enemy air and missile threat to an acceptable level. Include such measures as the use of interceptors, bombers, antiaircraft guns, surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and electronic attack and the destruction of an air or missile threat both before and after it is launched. Gain and maintain whatever degree of air superiority is required.
(a) Offensive Antiair Warfare (OAAW). Conduct offensive operations against enemy air assets and air defense systems before they can be launched or assume an attacking role.
(b) Air Defense. Destroy attacking enemy manned and unmanned aircraft or cruise missiles in the earth's atmosphere, or nullify or reduce the effectiveness of an enemy attack; and coordinate ballistic missile defense as part of a Joint or Naval Force.
(3) Assault Support. Utilize aircraft to provide tactical mobility and logistic support to the MAGTF for the movement of high priority personnel and cargo within the immediate area of operations (or the evacuation of personnel and cargo).
(a) Combat Assault Transport. Provide mobility and logistic support to the MAGTF by deploying forces efficiently in offensive maneuver warfare, bypassing obstacles, or quickly redeploying forces.
(b) Air Delivery. Provide air delivery of personnel, equipment and supplies to Forward Operating Bases and other remote locations in support of Marines and other forces.
(c) Aerial Refueling. Conduct aerial refueling operations for both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in order to facilitate flight-ferrying operations and to extend time on station and mission range.
(d) Air Evacuation. provide air evacuation of personnel and equipment from Forward Operating Bases or remote areas.
(e) Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel. Provide for tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) operations by an assigned and briefed aircrew for the specific purpose of the recovery of personnel, equipment, and/or aircraft.
(f) Air Logistical Support. Conduct air logistical support operations utilizing fixed-wing aircraft in order to provide assault support to MAGTF forces on the ground by delivering troops, equipment and supplies to areas beyond helicopter range and lift capability or when surface transportation is slow or unavailable.
(g) Battlefield Illumination. provide illumination to the battlefield via fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft.
(4) Air Reconnaissance. Acquire intelligence information by utilizing visual observation and/or sensors employment from aerial vehicles, via visual, multisensor imagery, and/or electronic means.
(5) Electronic Warfare. Provide military actions involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. Support the warfighting functions of fires, command and control, and intelligence through the three major subdivisions: electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic warfare support.
(a) Electronic Attack. Utilize electromagnetic energy, directed energy, or antiradiation weapons to attack personnel facilities or equipment with the intent of degrading, neutralizing, or destroying enemy combat capability.
(b) Electronic protection. Protect personnel, facilities, and equipment from the effects of friendly or enemy employment of EW that degrade, neutralize, or destroy friendly combat capability.
(c) Electronic Warfare Support. Search for, intercept, identify, and locate sources of intentionally and unintentionally radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
(6) Control of Aircraft and Missiles. Provide the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) Commander with the ability to exercise command and control authority over all Marine aviation assets. Enhance unity of effort and disseminate a common operating picture. Support the warfighting function of command and control by integrating the employment of facilities, equipment, communications, procedures, and personnel in order allow the ACE commander to plan operations and to direct and control aircraft and missiles to support accomplishment of the MAGTF's mission. The ACE commander shall maintain centralized command, while control is decentralized and executed through the Marine air command and control system (MACCS).
(a) Air Direction. Regulate the employment of air resources (including both aircraft and surface-to-air weapons) to maintain a balance between their availability and the priorities assigned for their use.
(b) Air Control. Direct the physical maneuver of aircraft in flight or direct an aircraft or surface-to-air weapons unit to engage a specific target.
4. CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATION
Administratively, Marine aviation is organized into three active duty MAWs and one reserve MAW. MAWs are designed to provide units in support of MAGTF or other operations. Each MAW has a unique organizational structure. The MAW may be reinforced with assets from other MAWs to provide the necessary assets to meet mission requirements. It is organized into a MAW HQ, several MAGs, a MACG and a MWSG.
5. CONCEPT OF EMPLOYMENT
When the MAW is deployed as the ACE for a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), the MAW HQ becomes the command element for the ACE. Each group within the MAW consists of specialized squadrons and/or battalions that perform one or more of the six functions of Marine aviation. The MACG contains the bulk of the MAW's command and control assets. The MWSG contains the personnel and equipment that are necessary to provide direct aviation ground support to the MAW. The MAW is capable of performing all six functions of Marine aviation; through task-organization, a MAW can provide deployable detachments that are capable of accomplishing any or all Marine aviation functions.