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Marines with the engineer platoon for Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, construct an observation post aboard the Combat Center during Integrated Training Exercise 5-17, July 29, 2017. MWSS-272 is supporting the Aviation Combat Element of the ITX. The ACE conducts offensive, defensive, and all other air operations to support the MAGTF mission . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo) - Marines with the engineer platoon for Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, construct an observation post aboard the Combat Center during Integrated Training Exercise 5-17, July 29, 2017. MWSS-272 is supporting the Aviation Combat Element of the ITX. The ACE conducts offensive, defensive, and all other air operations to support the MAGTF mission . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo)

‘Untouchables’ rise to the occasion during ITX 5-17

The Aviation Combat Element, or ACE, plays an invaluable role within the Marine Air Ground Task Force, conducting offensive, defensive, and all other air operations to support the MAGTF mission. Marine aviation provides the MAGTF with the operational flexibility it needs to accomplish its mission across the range of military operations such as delivering fires, facilitating integrated command and control, enhancing mobility and maneuver, providing force protection, sustaining combat power, and collecting intelligence. Majority of aircraft usage within the ACE is for close air support or to transport for the Ground Combat Element or Logistics Combat Element.

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‘Untouchables’ rise to the occasion during ITX 5-17

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