Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41 ( MALS - 41 ) is a reserve aviation logistics support unit of the United States Marine Corps . They fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 41 and 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and are currently based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth . MALS - 41 provides direct support to VMFA - 112 and VMGR - 234 . Mission . Be a combat multiplier by safely training , organizing , and deploying Marines to provide logistical support to F / A - 18 and KC - 130 squadrons assigned to Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing and Commander , Naval Air Reserve Force . Augment Active Duty forces with personnel and equipment as directed . History . World War II . Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41 ( MALS - 41 ) was originally designated as ‘ ’ ’ Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 41 ’ ’ ’ ( H & MS - 41 ) and was activated as an administrative and aircraft maintenance squadron for Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 41 , Marine Fleet Air , West Coast , at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro , California on 1 January 1943 . In November 1943 , The squadron was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 41 and served honorably through the end of World War II when it was deactivated on 31 October 1945 . Reactivation through the 1990s . H & MS - 41 was reactivated on 1 July 1962 at Naval Air Station Dallas , Texas , and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 41 , Marine Forces Reserve . In February 1965 the squadron was reassigned to the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing . During the Vietnam War , H & MS - 41 served in direct support of the flying squadrons , VMF - 111 and VMF - 112 . By August 1963 , they made the transition into supersonic flight with the F - 8 Crusader . VMF - 111 and her sister squadron VMF - 112 , were the first Marine Reserve squadrons to acquire the F - 8A , due in large measure to their proximity to the Vought plant in Grand Prairie , Texas , where the Crusader was manufactured . In 1976 , H & MS - 41 assisted in the VMF ( AW ) - 112 squadron upgrade to the McDonnell Douglas F - 4N Phantom II , which re - designated them as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 ( VMFA - 112 ) . In January 1989 , H & MS - 41 was redesignated as Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 41 . The squadron ’ s mission was to provide maintenance and logistical support for VMFA - 112 . From August 1990 to October 1991 , MALS - 41 participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm , in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in Southwest Asia . MALS - 41 Marines deployed as augments in support of combat operations in the theater of operations . In October 1996 , MALS - 41 moved to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth , Texas , and has successfully integrated with the United States Navy by working side by side with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department ( AIMD ) Fort Worth . Global War on Terror . Following the events of 11 September 2001 , MALS - 41 began participating in worldwide operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism ( GWOT ) , Operation Enduring Freedom ( OEF ) , Operation Iraqi Freedom ( OIF ) , and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa ( CJTF - HOA ) . Many of the reserve Marines volunteered for activation in order to deploy or to augment the active duty in garrison for on - site support . In late 2001 , MALS - 41 supported VMGR - 234 as the reserve KC - 130T squadron was activated and sustained combat flight operations in Afghanistan . They continued direct flight operations for OEF based from Kuwait and operations for OIF out of Iraq . The squadron and the MALS - 41 augments returned from deployment in October 2003 and remained activated until late 2004 . Additionally , MALS - 41 led and managed a KC - 130 engine and propeller build shop from Sigonella , Italy , significantly reducing engine and prop turn around time . In 2004 , MALS - 41 augmented VMFA - 112 with 55 Marines when they were the first Reserve F / A - 18 Hornet squadron to deploy on a Western Pacific exercise since the Korean War . They supported Operation Jungle Shield and Exercise Southern Frontier while operating out of Japan , Guam , and Australia . In 2005 , the Wranglers again augmented VMFA - 112 in support of Battle Griffin in Norway for multi - national exercises and NATO training in the United Kingdom . Also , in 2005 Marines from MALS - 41 were deployed with the reserve Hornet squadron from Atlanta , Georgia , for combat flight operations out of Al Asad , Iraq . VMFA - 142 was the first reserve Hornet Squadron activated for combat operations and MALS - 41 answered the call to augment and deploy .