Aviation - Marine Corps Association

A Letter from the Deputy Commandant for Aviation

The Aviation Combat Element (ACE) is the most lethal arm of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. As such, Marine Aviation remains in high demand as proven multiple times over the

2026 AVPLAN

Balancing crisis response with modernization for the future fight “Aviation provides the lion’s share of killing power on the battlefield … we must maximize this critical MAGTF capability.”—39th Commandant of

Forging Decision Dominance with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Warfighting Teammate

A Transformative Journey for Marine Aviation The character of war is changing, and the speed of decision making has become the critical axis of victory. To maintain its edge, Marine