 Command and control all functions of Aviation Ground Support (AGS) within the Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), in garrison or deployed as part of the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF)


Marine Wing Service Group 27 was activated on July 1, 1953, and redesignated as Marine Wing Support Group 27 on April 1, 1967.The Support Group was established after years of staff study, several reorganizations and extensive planning to determine the organization needed to best meet its unique mission.That mission encompasses most of the capabilities needed to establish and operate airfields and aviation forward sites in an expeditionary environment.