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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49
|image= MALS-49_new.jpg
|image_size= 200px
|caption= MALS-49 Insignia
|dates= 1 July 1969 – present
|country= United States
|allegiance= United States of America
|branch= [[United States Marine Corps]]
|type= Logistics
|role= Aviation logistics support 
|size=
|command_structure= [[Marine Aircraft Group 49]]<br/>[[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]]
|garrison= [[Marine Corps Air Station New River]]
|ceremonial_chief=
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|nickname= "Magicians"
|patron=
|motto= Gratis Non Est Sufficere
|colors=
|march=
|mascot=
|battles= '''[[Operation Desert Storm]]'''<br/>'''[[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]'''<br/>'''[[Operation Enduring Freedom]]'''
|anniversaries=
|commander1= LtCol Jeff Dean
|commander1_label= Commanding Officer
}}

'''Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49''' (MALS-49) is a [[Marine Forces Reserve|reserve]] aviation [[logistics]] support unit of the [[United States Marine Corps]]. They are currently based at [[Marine Corps Air Station New River]] in [[North Carolina]], with Detachments in [[Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst]], NJ and [[Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans]], LA and fall under the command of [[Marine Aircraft Group 49]] (MAG-49) and the [[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]] (4th MAW). The squadron is the only MALS in 4th MAW with an active duty core of maintenance and aviation supply personnel. MALS-49 is currently structured with six separate and distinct divisions of maintenance, supporting three separate and distinct sites, along with five flying squadrons.

==Mission==
* Provide training and support for SMCR units to ensure readiness for mobilization.
* Provide aerial refueling service in support of Fleet Marine Force operations 
* Provide air transport for personnel, equipment and supplies. 
* Conduct other air operations as may be directed.
* Provide intermediate maintenance activity support to the squadrons assigned to MAG-49.
* Provide the requisite aviation supply support MAG-49.

==History==
MALS-49 was activated on 1 July 1969 at [[Naval Air Station New York]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York as '''Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 49''' (H&MS-49). The H&MS unit was relocated to [[Naval Air Station Lakehurst]], [[New Jersey]] in 1970 and moved again to [[Naval Air Station Willow Grove]], [[Pennsylvania]] in 1972.

In 1988, the unit was redesignated as '''Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49''' with the headquarters located at NAS Willow Grove. During 1988 detachments were established at [[Andrews Air Force Base]], Washington DC and [[Naval Air Station South Weymouth]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1992, the [[Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 42]] (MALS-42) detachment located at Stewart ANGB, Newburgh, New York was redesignated as a detachment of MALS-49, bringing the number of sites supported by MALS-49 to four. In February 1994 the MALS-49 flag was relocated from NAS Willow Groove to Stewart ANGB. In 2024, the flag was relocated to MCAS New River, with supporting detachments established in JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and NASJRB New Orleans respectively. 

In 2004, the unit activated reserve Marines in support of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] to serve as augmentees for [[Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16|MALS-16]] when they deployed to Iraq.

==See also==

* [[United States Marine Corps Aviation]]
* [[Organization of the United States Marine Corps]]
* [[List of United States Marine Corps aviation support units]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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;Web
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070527074058/http://www.marforres.usmc.mil/4thMAW/MAG49/MALS49/ MALS-49's official website]

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