The 33,000-acre Townsend Bombing Range is located in GA, but owned and operated by MCAS Beaufort. Pilots train for ...

Col. Mark D. Bortnem was relieved of his duties as commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on April 14, and reassigned to duties at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

The Marine Corps fired the commanding officer of one of the service's most storied air stations on Tuesday, a regional spokesperson confirmed to Military.com. Col. Mark D. Bortnem, a former F/A-18 ...

Marine Corps Col. Mark Bortnem, the commander at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort at the time, speaks in October 2023 at a ceremony at the South Carolina base. (Nathan Saucier/U.S. Marine Corps) ...

Col. Mark Bortnem is no longer leading the men and women serving at Fighter Town East. The decision follows the conclusion of ...

The commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, a former combat pilot who took command of the base almost two years ago, has been relieved of duty following one of the air station’s ...