 MOTG-81 trained pilots, aircrewmen and ground crews on the land-based PBJ-1 medium bomber, a U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps variant of the U.S. Army Air Forces' B-25 Mitchell bomber that was operated by Marine bombing squadrons, primarily in the Pacific theater.In 1946, the installation was redesignated as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton and was administered by Marine Air Base Squadron 14 (MABS-14).Marine Corps fighter squadrons flying the F9F-2 Panther and attack squadrons flying the AD-4B and AD-5 Skyraider were based there during the Korean War and early years of the Cold War.