Close Air Support Training at WTI 2-23

Posted on | by Robbin Laird
04/19/2023

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Thomas J. Dye, from Jacksonville, Florida, a Tactical Air Control Party program manager assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), uses a portable lightweight designator rangefinder during a close air support exercise, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Wiss Airfield, near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 31, 2023.

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 Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ,

03.31.2023

Photos by Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez.

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

U.S. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), hike during a close air support exercise, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Wiss Airfield near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 31, 2023. 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 Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez)
U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), participates in a close air support exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Wiss Airfield near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 31, 2023. 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 Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez)
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Thomas J. Dye, left, from Jacksonville, Florida, a Tactical Air Control Party program manager assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), and Gunnery Sgt. Ryan Q. Metas, from Long Island, New York, a fire support Marine assigned to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in a close air support exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Wiss Airfield near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 31, 2023. 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 Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez)