Training for FARP Operations: WTI-2-22

Posted on | by Robbin Laird
05/09/2022

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), conduct a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) exercise, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardization advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness and assist in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

03.26.2022
Video by Lance Cpl. Dean Gurule
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

U.S. service members assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), refuel various aircraft at a forward arming and refueling point (FARP), in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camille Polete)
U.S. Marine Corps bulk fuel specialists, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), approach an AH-1Z Viper for refueling at a forward arming and refueling point (FARP), in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camille Polete)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Bret Piburn, from Loveland, Colorado, a senior air traffic controller assigned to Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), observes the landing of an AH-1Z Viper at a forward arming and refueling point (FARP), in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camille Polete)
A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, lands at a forward arming and refueling point (FARP), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camille Polete)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Melvin Arevalo, from Glen Burnie, Maryland, a bulk fuel specialist assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), hand signals during a forward arming and refueling point (FARP), in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, March 26, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camille Polete)