United States Marine Corps Aviation
（重定向自Marine aviation）
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![1stLt Alfred A. Cunningham, first Marine Corps aviator](/Images/godic/202501/26/AACunningham_1stMarineAviator4327.jpg")
![The first USMC plane: a Curtiss C-3.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Curtiss_C-3_USMC_CulebraPR_1913_NAN8-874327.jpg")
![Roundel used by the Marine Corps during World War I](/Images/godic/202501/26/USMC_Roundel24327.jpg")
United States Marine Corps Aviation is the air component of the United States Marine Corps. Marine aviation has a very different mission and operation than its ground counterpart, and thus, has many of its own histories, traditions, terms, and procedures.