[2] Following the end of the Korean War and a restructure within Marine Corps aviation, MACG-3 was decommissioned on 31 December 1955.

[3] The groups first units began deploying to Kuwait in October 2002 as part of Exercise Internal Look.

MACG-38 personnel continued to deploy today in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2004 through early 2009.

It was again responsible for providing aviation command and control for the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

In the summer of 2002, planning for the possible invasion of Iraq began in earnest for west coast MACCS units attached to the I Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF).