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Unit Details

Strength
USMC Squadron
Type
Aviation
 
Year
1942 - Present
 

Description

Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).



The squadron is best known as the Black Sheep of World War II fame and for one of its commanding officers, Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, whose memoirs also inspired the 1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron, which dramatized the squadron's exploits during the war.




Notable Persons
None
 
Reports To
Fixed Wing Units
 
Active Reporting Unit
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
754 Members Who Served in This Unit


 

  • Adams, Peter, LCpl, (1956-1959)
  • Aguayo, Derek, Sgt, (2001-2010)
  • Airwyke, Edwin, Sgt, (1966-1970)
  • Akerson, Russell, Cpl, (1960-1964)
  • Anderson, Frank, GySgt, (1981-2001)
  • Anderson, James, GySgt, (1987-2007)
  • Anderson, Richard, LCpl, (1974-1976)
  • Baca, Sharlynn, SSgt, (2003-2011)
  • Bagby, Thomas, Cpl, (1989-1995)
  • Bagby, Thomas, Cpl, (1989-1996)
  • Bagley, Grant, SSgt, (2000-2008)
  • Bagley, Grant, MSgt, (2000-2021)
  • Bailey, Carl, Sgt, (1971-1975)
  • Bailey, Carl, Sgt, (1980-1988)
  • Bailey, Harvey, MGySgt, (1965-1987)
  • Bailey, Leonard G., Sgt, (1967-1971)
  • Bakalyar, Steve, Sgt, (1973-1976)
  • Bake, Charles, LCpl, (1960-1964)
  • Baker, Bill, LCpl, (1971-1975)
  • Balderrama, Jorge, Sgt, (1977-1981)
  • Baldwin, James, LCpl, (1984-1988)
  • Balsham, James, Cpl, (1972-1976)
  • Banks, Robert, SSgt, (1996-2008)
  • Baracosa, Frank, GySgt, (1974-1995)
  • Barber, Kim, LCpl, (1970-1972)
  • Barklow, Roger, Sgt, (1985-1992)
  • Barks, Willard, Cpl, (1986-1992)
  • Barlow, Melvin, Sgt, (2000-2007)
  • Barlow, Melvin, Sgt, (2000-2007)
  • Barlow, Robert, SSgt, (1959-1968)
  • Barrett, Jason, Sgt, (1989-2007)
  • Barton, John, Cpl, (1969-1973)
  • BAXLEY, JOHN, SSgt, (1992-2007)
  • Beaver, Myron, Sgt, (1976-1988)
  • Beck, Donald, LCpl, (1988-1993)
  • Beelen, George, Cpl, (1977-1981)
  • Beezley, Robert, Cpl, (1963-1967)
  • Behrens, Kim, Capt, (1974-1995)
  • Belyeu, Jeffrey, Sgt, (2004-Present)
  • Benjamin, Frank, PFC, (1953-1957)
  • Bennett, Mark, Cpl, (1986-1990)
  • Berg, Edward, SSgt, (1966-1975)
 
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  Unit History Detail
Date
Apr 01, 2020

Title
VMA-214 flying aces

Content
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - 28.0
Robert M. Hanson - 25.0
John F. Bolt Jr. - 12.0ã??(6 in WW2, 6 in Korea)
Christopher L. Magee - 9.0
William N. Case - 8.0
Don H. Fisher - 8.0
Alvin J. Jensen - 7.0
Robert W. McClurg - 7.0
Paul A. Mullen - 6.5
H. Allen McCartney Jr. - 5.0
Edwin L. Olander - 5.0
Hartwell V. Scarborough - 5.0
Stanley T. Tynar - 5.0
   

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