Camp Schwab
Following the end of its tour in Japan the squadron returned to the east coast of the United States in May 1963 however at a new location – Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina. They remained there until they received orders to proceed to Camp Schwab on Okinawa, Japan where they were fully established by 1 October 1965. The squadron remained there until the end of February 1968 when it returned to the United States arriving at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina on March 30, 1968.