growth from a small training area to a major operational airfield. In 2015, MCAS New River hosted the Global Rallycross racing series on Independence Day weekend. The race weekend was expanded to two rounds in 2016, but did not return for the 2017 season. In January 2022, HMH-461 became the first operational unit in the Marine Corps to replace its CH-53E Super Stallion with the upgraded CH-53K King Stallion. MV-22 Osprey The Air Station was the first Marine Corps base with the new MV-22 Osprey. It has the ability to fly like a plane, and take off and land like a helicopter. The MV-22 has replaced all of the CH-46E Sea Knights on the east coast with the exception of HMX-1 and HMM-774. Currently there are six operational Osprey squadrons, VMM-261, VMM-263, VMM-162, VMM-365, VMM-266, and VMMT-204. Based units Flying and notable non-flying units based at MCAS New River. United States Marine Corps Marine Corps Installations – East Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron – UC-12W Huron 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Air Control Group 28 Marine Air Control Squadron 2 (MACS-2) Detachment B Marine Aircraft Group 26 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (MALS-26) Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 162 (VMM-162) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 365 (VMM-365) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204) – MV-22B Osprey Marine Aircraft Group 29 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 (MALS-29) Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 (HMH-366) – CH-53E Super Stallion Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) – CH-53K King Stallion Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) – CH-53E Super Stallion Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 (HMHT-302) – CH-53E Super Stallion Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167) – AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom Marine Wing Support Group 27 Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) Detachment – CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-53K King Stallion United States Navy Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Second Air Force 82nd Training Wing 362nd Training Squadron Detachment 1, Operating Location A Nineteenth Air Force 58th Special Operations Wing 58th Operations Group Detachment 1 Education Residents are zoned to schools of the Department of