Col. Peter Buck, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, speaks at a ceremony in downtown Beaufort July 11 to welcome home Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501. VMFAT-501 returned to Fightertown, and with it, the future of Marine Corps aviation. VMFAT-501 was located at MCAS Beaufort until 1997, when it deactivated. The squadron was reactivated in April 2010 and designated as a training squadron.