United States Marine Aviation/Definition

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United States Marine Aviation [r]: Primarily the helicopter, STOVL and tilt-rotor aircraft assigned to Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, but also larger fixed-wing aircraft, including fighter-bombers and tankers, intended to support independent Marine operations; Marine doctrine is that their organic aviation replaces well-supplied Army artillery and other heavy support resources such as Air Force operations from large bases