Distributed STOVL Operation

01/29/2024

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, install mock ordnance and conduct refueling on a F-35B Lightning II aircraft during a distributed short take-off/vertical landing operation, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-24 at Gila Bend Municipal Airport, Arizona, Oct. 20, 2023.

WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

GILA BEND, AZ

10.20.2023

Video by Lance Cpl. Ruben Padilla

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1