MASS 3 began sending units to Kuwait in October 2002 as part of the troop build-up for what would become Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MASS-3 provided air support for the 1st Marine Division from the Kuwaiti border to Tikrit and had units remain in country until the division redeployed in October 2003.
MASS-3 returned to Iraq in January 2004 and provided air support for the Division again until January 2004.
They again deployed to Iraq in early 2006 for the third time.
The unit deployed for another year-long tour in Iraq beginning in early 2008.
MASS 3 began sending units to Kuwait in October 2002 as part of the troop build-up for what would become Operation Iraqi Freedom. MASS-3 provided air support for the 1st Marine Division from the Kuwaiti border to Tikrit and had units remain in country until the division redeployed in October 2003. MASS-3 returned to Iraq in January 2004 and provided air support for the Division again until January 2004. They again deployed to Iraq in early 2006 for the third time. The unit deployed for another year-long tour in Iraq beginning in early 2008.
Marine Air Support Squadron 3